selective licensing
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Regulation & Law
Petition forces big council fast-track HMO clampdown
Local anger over parking, waste and anti-social behaviour around HMOs forces Medway Council to speed up plans for tougher controls.
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Regulation & Law
Famous seaside town to check landlord properties every SIX months
Great Yarmouth Borough Council plans six-monthly checks across 5,000 rented homes as landlord crackdown expands to more wards.
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Regulation & Law
Rachel Reeves selective licensing debacle claims another scalp
Cabinet Member for Housing at Southwark Council, which covers the Chancellor's property, resigns after admitting his properties were unlicensed too.
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Latest property news
Letting agents face ‘unfair’ erratic property licensing enforcement
Claim is made by London licensing expert following the debacle over Rachel Reeve's missing licence for her rented Dulwich homes.
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Adam Walker
BLOG: ‘Why I feel sorry for Rachel Reeves’
Adam Walker is in danger of finding himself in a minority of one, as he pleads the case for Rachel Reeves – but not as a Chancellor, as an accidental landlord bamboozled by legal compliance.
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Regulation & Law
‘Now do you understand our pain?’ leading landlord ask Chancellor
Eastern Landlords Association chair says for too long Whitehall has not realised the minefield that property licensing presents for some BTL operators.
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Regulation & Law
Lettings agency at centre of Rachel Reeves licensing debacle apologises
Reeves has apologised for failing to obtain a licence but by doing so she has committed a criminal offence.
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Regulation & Law
Big central London council massively expands selective licensing
Islington says expanding scheme to ten wards is necessary to regulated rogue landlords, but also hikes scheme fee from £800 to £850 per property.
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Regulation & Law
Council makes shock move to seize control of landlord’s rental properties
In an unprecedented move, Merton Council has forcibly taken over the long-term running of landlord’s rental properties after he repeatedly failed to license them
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Regulation & Law
Midlands council reveals £450,000 fines total for landlords
One of the country's most comprehensive licensing schemes nets Birmingham council nearly half a million pounds in fines.
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