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Regulation & Law
Landlord crackdown must be funded by fines, warns council
Funding enforcement through prosecutions risks sending out the wrong message, warns Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Andy Wait.
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Greens promise ‘rogue landlord taskforce’ after big election win
The Green Party swept to victory in major London borough with the pledge to "drive compliance across the PRS".
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West Yorkshire council backs big fines for rogue landlords
More than three out of five visits to problem rental properties results in council taking action, says Calderdale’s Cllr Danielle Durrans.
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Council admits fines ineffective at controlling rogue landlords
Northern council has been forced into issuing banning orders after its failure to collect civil penalty fines has meant they are not seen as a deterrent.
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‘Greedy’ landlord couple ordered to pay back £560,000 in rent or face prison
Brent Council took action against the pair who “milked £564k from illegal ‘shoebox’ flats” and "ignored the law for years".
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Landlord couple who recently split up fined over unlicensed HMO
Fraud-convicted landlords fined a total of £7,177 after fire brigade called to unlicensed Uxbridge HMO.
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Academics expose crime-ridden ‘shadow’ rental market
Rent-to-rent scams, slum lets, cannabis farms and money laundering are now ‘embedded in PRS’.
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‘We’re coming for you’ landlords warned by big Midlands council
Mayor warns landlords it will be ‘coming for them’ if they fail to comply when the Renters’ Rights Act comes into force on 1 May.
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‘Thatcher’s favourite council’ launches rogue landlords crackdown
Wandsworth council has carried out more than a hundred inspections and has issued over 40 enforcement notices in just four months.
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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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