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City to ban agents using No DSS adverts and other ‘discriminatory’ tactics
A cross-party motion put to Oxford council calls for selective licensing to be used to stop discrimination against tenants on Universal Credit.
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North East council bans landlord and takes control of his rentals
Rogue repeat offending landlord hit with £63,000 fine for unlicensed and unsafe Durham rental properties.
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Regulation & Law
Minister reveals huge extension of Rent Repayment Orders to punish bad landlords
Sir Stephen Timms says following three-council trial, 38 more are to take up powers enabling them to recoup rent from landlords who let unlicensed properties to 'benefits' tenants.
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Regulation & Law
Famous seaside town to check landlord properties every SIX months
Great Yarmouth Borough Council plans six-monthly checks across 5,000 rented homes as landlord crackdown expands to more wards.
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Regulation & Law
Compliance platforms to help MPs avoid landlording gaffes
Yuno says it is to help any of the 85 MPs, Peers and ministers who are landlords to stay compliant following a string of scandals that has cost several their reputations and jobs.
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Regulation & Law
‘Now do you understand our pain?’ leading landlord ask Chancellor
Eastern Landlords Association chair says for too long Whitehall has not realised the minefield that property licensing presents for some BTL operators.
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Regulation & Law
Midlands council pioneers blitz on estate agents and landlords
Nottingham adopts groundbreaking three-policy package targeting everything from ground rents to EPCs and banned fees with fines up to £150,000.
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Council makes shock move to seize control of landlord’s rental properties
In an unprecedented move, Merton Council has forcibly taken over the long-term running of landlord’s rental properties after he repeatedly failed to license them
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Midlands council reveals £450,000 fines total for landlords
One of the country's most comprehensive licensing schemes nets Birmingham council nearly half a million pounds in fines.
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‘Dreaming spires’ city council accused of siding with criminal landlords
Tenant activist group says Oxford council is failing to protect renters and is demanding ‘culture change.’
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