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...
Feb 11, 2021 | Court Fine, Licensing
George Lindsay, 55, from Erdington, has been successfully prosecuted and ordered to pay close to £20,000 for breaching housing regulations. The rogue landlord pleaded guilty for failing to obtain a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence and to 13 breaches of HMO...
Jan 8, 2020 | Other News, Planning Enforcement
07 Jan 2020 Birmingham’s Labour-led council is to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction from June, which means a planning application must be submitted for proposals to convert family houses to small HMOs. Specifically this means consent is required to change a...
Dec 11, 2019 | Court Fine, Licensing
10 Dec 2019 A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than Scrooge. George Lindsay, from Birmingham, has pleaded guilty of failing to obtain an HMO licence and to 13 breaches of HMO Management Regulations. He has...
Sep 2, 2019 | Civil Penalty
30 Aug 2019 A landlord has been hit with a £2,000 penalty for fire safety breaches at a two-storey property housing nine people in a landmark case for Birmingham City Council. Officers visited the house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Small Heath in November and found...
Jun 11, 2019 | Planning Enforcement
11 Jun 2019 Following the announcement by Birmingham City Council to restrict planning for HMOs by means of a city-wide Article 4 direction, Landlords Defence warns existing landlords with Rental Proprties from 3 to 4 sharers that they must register those...
