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Planning for the PRS portal
More details have emerged of the government’s plans for an official ‘rental property portal’ for the private sector that will tie homes, landlords, redress and housing standards into one website...
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Manchester letting agency fined £21,500 over slum HMO
Mecca Properties initially appealed its fine from Manchester City Council but has now lost this at a First Tier Tribunal hearing.
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Minister reveals £4m fighting fund to tackle rogue agents and landlords
New cash will include trial scheme to install snooping devices in homes where landlords or agents are suspected of managing the property poorly.
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Local councils given £4 million MORE to tackle rogue landlords
The government funding is part of a major drive to kick dodgy landlords out of the private rented sector and follows £2 million initial funding earlier this year.
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Rogue landlords and agents database scope to be widened
Consultation is launched on widening prospective tenants' and letting agents' access the Rogue Landlord Database.
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The Landlord’s Friend – the ‘help to rent’ book
As the buy-to-let market becomes ever more complex, help is at hand in a handbook written by experts Paul Shamplina and Kate Faulkner.
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£2 million for councils to crackdown on rogue landlords
Reacting to recent reports that councils aren’t taking enough enforcement action against ‘rogue’ landlords, an announcement has been made about further funding.
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£2 million more given to local authorities to crack down on rogue landlords
Cash-strapped local authorities to be given an additional £2 million to fund new initiatives to help crack down on rogue landlords.
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More rogue landlords are hardened criminals not old-fashioned chancers, says leading expert
A high profile tenancy relations officer says new breed of rogue landlord who seek systematic and organised cash cultivation.
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‘Tech makes it easier for rogue tenants to fake referencing documents’
Tech makes it easier for rogue tenants to fake referencing documents, a leading eviction specialist has claimed.
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