Mar 11, 2021 | Licensing, Rogue Landlords
11 Mar 2021 A Labour-controlled council says it’s confident a huge new Revenue Generating licensing scheme for one of Britain’s most high-profile cities will be voted through today. But it admits there’s a big clash of opinions between landlords and agents on the one...Mar 8, 2021 | Landlord Mental Health, Legislation & Regulations, Licensing, Rent Repayment Order, Rogue Council, Tribunal - FTT
08 Mar 2021 Sefton council has reached a new low in cynical entrapment in its relentless war against landlords. Like many councils waging war against landlords, they do this in the single-minded pursuit of raising revenue from Landlords’ investments and pensions. So...Feb 25, 2021 | Court Fine, Licensing, Rent Repayment Order
23 Feb 2021 A landlord who failed to licence his properties has been ordered to pay back over £8,000 in rent. Dexter Blackstock, a former professional footballer, has been told he has to refund £8,592.98 in housing benefit that he was paid for two unlicensed...Feb 15, 2021 | Court Fine, Licensing
15 Feb 2021 Two landlords who let an unlicensed London HMO property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to court. The pair were fined over £22,000 after letting out a property in Hackney without proper...Feb 11, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Court Fine, Licensing
11 Feb 2021 A LETTINGS agency has been fined £12,000 after council officers found 11 students living in a ‘high risk’ unlicensed converted pub. Portsmouth letting firm Kings Estates was initially handed a £6,000 fine by Portsmouth City Council after a tenant blew the...Feb 11, 2021 | Court Fine, Licensing
George Lindsay, 55, from Erdington, has been successfully prosecuted and ordered to pay close to £20,000 for breaching housing regulations. The rogue landlord pleaded guilty for failing to obtain a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence and to 13 breaches of HMO...
