Jul 1, 2021 | Court Fine, Prohibition Order, Rogue Landlords
01 Jul 2021 The conviction of a rogue Dudley landlord who failed to rectify safety hazards in a property he let has been upheld. In November 2019 Latif Rehman, of Bank Street, Brierley Hill was fined a total of £151,070 by Wolverhampton Magistrates Court for three...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...Oct 29, 2020 | Civil Penalty, 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...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...
