Oct 12, 2021 | Other News, Rogue Landlords
12 Oct 2021 ARLA Propertymark is calling on the government to properly fund local authorities so they can combat rogue operators in the private rental sector. In its submission to HM Treasury ahead of the Budget and spending review scheduled for later this month,...
Aug 11, 2021 | Civil Penalty Fines, Court Fine, Legislation & Regulations, Rogue Landlords
11 Aug 2021 There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months after comments were initially requested and 22 months after the exercise closed. The database of rogue landlords and property...
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 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...
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,...
