Selective Licensing scheme
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Property lawyer blasts selective licensing as ‘money-making’
Des Taylor of Landlord Licensing & Defence says such licensing schemes 'achieve nothing', and that increasingly landlords risk prosecution.
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London borough reveals UK’s most expensive selective licensing scheme
Landlords and letting agents face tough licensing conditions and a £923 fee for the five-year scheme.
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Selective licensing scheme hits Birmingham agents and landlords
Birmingham follows in the footsteps of neighbouring cities such as Nottingham and areas further afield such as Durham and Liverpool.
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Agent warns Selective Licensing will ‘fan the flames of cost-of-living crisis’
North East property entrepreneur and agency owner questions viability of scheme in current climate
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Liverpool agents face huge task of licensing thousands of landlord homes
The city's new selective licensing will start on 1st April covering some 45,000 rented properties, each requiring a separate application.
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Footballer landlord to repay tenants £8,500 over unlicensed properties
Former professional footballer Dexter Blackstock has also been fined £24,000 for nine offences in relations to the properties.
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Landlord group blames Selective Licensing for steep rent rises
Landlords in Nottingham say costs of up to £780 per property are being passed on directly to tenants, as many had predicted.
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Council charges record £900 per property to license rented homes
Barking & Daganham council, which requires all private rented properties within its borders to be licenced, has also increased its fees for HMOs to £1,300.
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Nottingham selective licensing scheme a “shambles” says leading letting agent
A selective licensing scheme in Nottingham due to come into forc on 1st August 2018 faces open revolt among local landlords and agents.
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Government to review select licensing as number of schemes passes 550 mark
The government is to conduct a lengthy review of the UK's 550 or more selective licensing schemes operated by many local authorities.
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