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HMO managers face unlimited fines if they break new fire safety rules
Home Office says landlords or responsible persons will fall under the remit of the new Fire Safety Order, which follows the Grenfell tragedy.
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When is an HMO not an HMO?
...when it hasn’t got a licence. The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, adjudicates on a case of inaccurate property description.
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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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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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Council backs down over licensing scheme after property industry campaign
Councils will have to be more careful how they introduce borough-wide additional licensing schemes following a legal challenge by Safeagent and the RLA over a scheme in Hounslow.
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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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Exclusive: Who is responsible for accuracy of ‘unregulated’ online lettings platforms?
The Negotiator asks Spotahome's UK and Ireland General Manager to give his view after his platform was found to have listed an unregistered HMO apartment.
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Letting agency fined £50,000 over safety failures at two HMOs
Agency based in North London which operated two properties in Hertfordshire admits 18 offences.
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Letting agent fined £72,000 for shocking offences at three HMOs
Muhammad Siddique's fine follows an investigation supported by estate agency Open House, which he continued to claim he was a franchisee for despite being fired several years ago.
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Sleepwalking into disaster
As new HMO rules affect 100,000 homes, Richard Lambert, CEO of the NLA, says, “This is an unacceptable failing on the part of the MHCLG, which should have ensured all local authorities were up to speed with the changes.”
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