Jun 14, 2021 | Civil Penalty Fines, HMO Management Regs, Not Fit and Proper, Rogue Council, Success, Case Study, Tribunal - FTT
14 Jun 2021 In a shocking, and embarrassing for Northampton Borough Council (NBC), determination by Judge Wayte of the First Tier Tribunal property, he went so far as to suggest that the landlord should make a claim for costs against the Council. A move...
Dec 10, 2020 | Civil Penalty Fines, Court Fine, Licensing, Not Fit and Proper
10 Dec 2020 A London council has confirmed its right to refuse licenses to criminal landlords – even reformed ones. A story in the East London Guardian says Nasim Hussain and her daughter Farina took the Waltham Forest council to court after the family’s...
Oct 27, 2020 | Not Fit and Proper, Other News, Rogue Landlords
27 Oct 2020 The Housing Ombudsman has named the five social landlords involved in cases where it found severe maladministration in 2019/20. The report, Severe maladministration findings in 2019/20, sets out the case background, the Ombudsman’s assessment and findings,...
Oct 6, 2020 | Banning Order, Court Fine, Not Fit and Proper, Rogue Landlords
06 Oct 2020 A landlord has failed to overturn a ban from renting out properties after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. Balazs Stalter was prosecuted earlier this year by Wandsworth Council’s housing team following complaints...
Oct 5, 2020 | Not Fit and Proper, Ombudsman, Other News, Rogue Landlords
05 Oct 2020 The Housing Ombudsman has issued a report containing almost 40 recommendations for dealing with complaints from leaseholders and shared owners. The report, which can be viewed here, also identified the 12 landlords – six housing associations and six...
May 5, 2020 | Legislation & Regulations, Not Fit and Proper, Other News
05 May 2020 A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a new index of income growth and for landlords to pay tenants’ removal costs in some circumstances. The Affordable...
