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Council ‘war’ on HMOs continues with two more extended schemes
Councillors in Brighton and Wigan have voted through 'article four direction' restrictions for smaller HMOs housing three or fewer unrelated people.
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Lettings agency fined £25,000 over ‘squalid and dangerous’ unlicensed HMO
Two directors of Masons Estates (East Anglia) Ltd and the company itself have been fined after council officers found the property in a dangerous state of repair and overcrowded.
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Online letting agency apologises for featuring another unlicensed HMO
Spotahome says it has now taken measures to prevent booking at the property on its platform. Similar unlicensed properties were featured on its platform earlier this year.
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Shock claim: 75% of HMO properties in London operate outside the law
Over 130,000 unlicensed properties in London and, says Isobel Thomson CEO, Safeagent says the system is not fit for purpose.
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Letting agent fined £80,000 over unlicensed HMO properties
Fire in attic of one property led local council officers to inspect the property and discover it lacked working smoke alarms, fire doors or safety notices.
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Landlord fined £40,000 for unlicensed HMO that broke every rule
Landlord could have spent £6,000 to make the property safe but chose to operate an illegal HMO which broke almost every health and safety law.
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Rogue tenant fined £20,000 for illegally sub-letting HMO
In an unusual and possibly unique case Brent council in London has prosecuted a tenant who sub-let property without agent's knowledge.
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Countrywide chain Beresford Adams and landlord together fined £30,000 over HMO
Wrexham council discovers that HMO is unlicensed and that conditions at the property include inadequate fire safety provision.
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Banned landlord fined nearly £8,000 for over-crowded, unlicensed HMO
In mitigation, Sanaur Rahman has claimed local letting agents wouldn't manage the property on his behalf and that he in poor health.
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Letting agency fined £3,000 after admitting three offences relating to HMO
Bolton firm Miller Metcalfe Estate Agents Ltd must also pay £1,616 in costs and a victim surcharge after fire safety features were found missing at town centre property.
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