Apr 6, 2022 | Legislation & Regulations
06 Apr 2022 The Home Office has issued guidance for landlords, and letting agents on the introduction of new Right to Rent immigration checks coming into force today 6th April 2022. Read it here From 6 April 2022, landlords can use Identity Document Validation...
Feb 17, 2022 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations, Other News, Right-to-Rent
17 Feb 2022 A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative changes over the rest of this decade. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property Professionals, says the changes...
Jan 13, 2021 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
13 Jan 2021 The government says it’s reviewing the checking process that agents and landlords have to follow under Right To Rent. The revelation has come to light in a Home Office response to Propertymark, which has previously complained about one element of the...
Nov 11, 2020 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations, Other News
11 Nov 2020 A new report makes searing claims about the performance and quality of landlords and their homes in the private rental sector. Almost inevitably it comes from campaigning charity Shelter, which has co-authored the study called Time For Change –...
Oct 6, 2020 | Right-to-Rent, Tenancy
06 Oct 2020 The Home Office is planning to introduce a new online service designed to make it easier for letting agents and landlords to check that potential tenants have the right to rent property in the UK, as part of the Right to Rent requirements. The somewhat...
Feb 22, 2020 | Agents, Court Fine, Not Fit and Proper
The managing director of a letting agency and the Landlord of a two-bedroom flat where an unbelievable 32 people were found to be living have been fined, along with the agency itself. Altogether they have been ordered to pay a remarkably low £30,000. However, as this...
Dec 3, 2019 | Court Fine, Planning Enforcement
29 Nov 2019 Gurdeep Kaur crammed 15 tenants into a small three-bed home. A landlord from Hayes who pocketed more than £400,000 after illegally turning her home into a home of multiple occupation (HMO) must pay the money back or face jail. Gurdeep Kaur turned a small...