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St Helens issues £35,000 penalties over unlicensed five-person HMO
St Helens Council has issued £35,000 in civil penalties over an unlicensed five-person HMO, including £25,000 for management-regulation breaches.
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West Suffolk Council keeps £7,500 landlord electrical safety fine
West Suffolk Council has upheld a £7,500 penalty against a landlord that missed the deadline to fix 21 electrical safety defects, including seven code 1 faults that required immediate action.
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Bristol adds landlord fines up to £35,000 under new civil penalty policy
Bristol City Council has published a new civil penalty policy for private housing breaches committed from 1 May 2026, with the most serious landlord offences facing fines of up to £35,000.
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Inventory Base says HHSRS overhaul leaves landlords facing £3.5bn penalty exposure
Inventory Base says revised HHSRS rules leave England landlords facing a theoretical £3.53 billion civil-penalty exposure, with government hazard data showing more than 500,000 private rented homes contain a Category 1 risk.
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South Holland fines landlord £6,408 after ignored repair notice
South Holland District Council says a landlord was ordered to pay £6,408 after failing to comply with an Improvement Notice over serious hazards at a Long Sutton rental property.
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Pennycook says RRA gives councils stronger rental discrimination powers
Matthew Pennycook says the Renters Rights Act gives councils stronger powers to act on rental discrimination, raising enforcement risk for landlords and agents that reject applicants with children or benefits.
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Ribble Valley landlord fined £5,600 over hot water and damp failings
Ribble Valley Borough Council says a landlord was fined more than £5,600 after hot water, damp, mould and electrical failings at a Clitheroe rental triggered enforcement action.
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Breckland fines repeat offender landlords £216,000 after safety failures
Breckland Council has fined two repeat-offender landlords more than £216,000 after inspections found dangerous conditions across rental homes in Thetford, including electrical and damp failures.
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Durham council lands £42,500 landlord fine over 13 licence breaches
Durham County Council says a portfolio landlord was fined £42,500 after magistrates found 13 selective licensing breaches across eight rental homes, including missed inspections and overdue gas safety records.
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RBKC says Hyde Park Gate HMO case led to £480,000 fines
Kensington and Chelsea says its Hyde Park Gate HMO prosecution ended with the landlord and management company being fined a combined £480,000 plus costs after major fire, damp and licensing breaches.