Feb 16, 2022 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
16 Feb 2022 The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent controls in the city. At a so-called ‘summit’ on March 2, Mayor Marvin Rees will set out his goals to have more powers...
May 7, 2021 | Court Fine, Eviction
07 May 2021 A landlord has been placed under an overnight curfew in her home and ordered to pay just under £7,000 in compensation and costs after pleading guilty to unlawfully evicting her lodger, in a case brought by Bristol City...
Mar 18, 2021 | HHSRS, HMO Management Regs, Prohibition Order
18 Mar 2021 A landlord and agent must pay more than £300,000 after housing 18 people in squalid conditions. Bristol City Council officers had “serious concerns” for the safety of the residents – including six children – of 24 Lower Ashley Road in St...
Jul 13, 2020 | Licensing, Rent Repayment Order
13 Jul 2020 In another cynical move by landlord-hating councils, Bristol Council is encouraging tenants in the town who believe they have been mistreated by landlords to seek punitive rent repayment orders. Said Phil Turtle, director of Landlord Licensing &...
