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Luton council wants additional and selective licensing
Luton council wants to introduce licensing of all HMO properties across the town and of all privately rented properties within one ward, South Ward. It…
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Private rented housing stock remains static
There were 4.8m private rented dwellings in England at the end of March 2020, the Office for national Statistics has reported. Overall there were 24.7m…
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Where is the Justice for the Landlord
It is a bad day when a lack of justice causes a law-abiding, tender-hearted person like me to feel prompted to quote Mr. Beadle (Charles…
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Tenant Posing as Landlord Created Illegal HMOs
A tenant posing as a landlord converted five family homes that he had rented into unsafe bedsits, resulting in at least 40 residents being put…
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Could This Really Be the End of the Private Rental Sector?
I have worked with the private rental sector for 25 years, but I won’t be having a party. I have seen the how attitudes have…
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Health in the Private Rental Sector
I came across a story about health in The Independent from earlier this year. Research had found that people living in a privately rented home…
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Lewisham Council to Introduce Borough Wide Licensing
Lewisham Council is set to introduce a borough-wide licensing scheme in a bid to crack down on rogue buy to let investors who ‘rip off…
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Help for the Private Rented Sector
The private rented sector is usually associated with older properties and certainly, if media are to be believed, these are the older, worse condition properties….
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Garage Flat Landlords Face £3,000 Costs
Landlords who rented out a garage as a flat in Islington have been told to pay over £3,000 in costs to the council. The single-storey…
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Private Rental Sector Booming - Unless Under 21
The last decade has seen a phenomenal growth in the private rental sector, with the numbers having risen by 20% over the last ten years….