A new “crackdown on bad landlords” has been introduced by a London council.
Ipswich Council has pointed the figure at HMO landlords for the town’s failure to house more homeless people but is pressing ahead with plans to restrict HMO numbers.
Councillors in Worcester have agreed to extend the city’s additional licensing scheme for another five years.
The North East offers BTL investors the best HMO rental yields in the UK, with the highest rental income to be found in the South East.
A landlord in Liverpool has secured £2.3 million to refinance eight student HMOs within the city and unusually has gone public about the deal.
A tenants’ champion has slammed energy companies for failing to help renters with energy bill problems at HMOs.
A landlord has been handed a £8,471 bill for allowing his tenants to live in a property with serious structural issues, dangerous wiring and a lack of fire safety measures.
