Jun 6, 2022 | Banning Order, Civil Penalty Fines, Court Fine, HMO Management Regs, Licensing
06 Jun 2022 Despite announcing in 2018 that they were now pursuing landlords for failure to licence HMOs and breaches of HMO Management Regulations under the civil penalty regime, (see £16,000 fine given for non-licence HMO”) the local authority has instead...
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...
Dec 18, 2019 | Banning Order, Improvement Notice, Licensing, Not Fit and Proper, Tribunal - FTT
18 Dec 2019 A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This landlord banning order – in Doncaster – is reportedly the first in the North of England and only the third...
Dec 6, 2019 | Banning Order, Court Fine, Prohibition Order, Rent Repayment Order
06 Dec 2019 A council says it is considering seeking a banning order and a rent repayment order against a landlord already fined over £150,000. The landlord’s offences included failing to rectify safety hazards in a property to let. Latif Rehman of Birmingham, was...
May 14, 2019 | Other News
30 April 2019 A new property agent task force will crack down on letting agents flouting the upcoming ban on charging tenants fees to rent their homes. The new National Trading Standards scheme will monitor letting and estate agents to make sure they comply with new...
