May 13, 2022 | HHSRS, Rogue Council
13 May 2022 Yet again two-faced Birmingham City Council has been found out for renting properties with deadly damp and mould. If this was a private landlord they would issue them with Civil Penalty Fines in the multiple £10,000s But guess what. The...
Aug 19, 2021 | Other News, Rogue Council, Tribunal - FTT
19 Aug 2021 (and then says it has no legal obligation to follow its own policy!) London Borough of Redbridge Council “secretly and informally” flouted its own policy in order to fine over 100 landlords in just six months. Testimony from...
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...
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...
Dec 14, 2020 | Other News, Rogue Council
14 Dec 2020 It seems that local authorities, so keen on exploiting landlords, are no less corrupt than we all think. In the latest expose of local authority corruption, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) revealed, In a letter...
Oct 29, 2020 | Civil Penalty Fines, Rogue Council, Rogue Landlords
29 Oct 2020 Northampton council is seeking a so-called Charging Order against a landlord who failed to carry out improvements to her property and then ignored the resulting £12,400 civil penalty. In December 2018, council officers carried out an inspection of the...
