Landlords in County Durham have had to fork out fines totalling £1.38 million in the three years since selective licensing was introduced.
After pursuing a £30,000 fine against one landord, his local council has vowed to go for other non-complilant BTL operators.
A rogue landlord who squeezed six people into one room of his HMO has been told to pay £37,000 in fines and costs.
A landlord caught out for having an unlicensed property has managed to get her fine slashed after a First Tier Property Tribunal heard that the tenants owed more than £17,000 in rent.
A Liverpool landlord has been hit with a fine of almost £14,000 for allowing tenants to live in a “house of horrors”.
A landlord couple who moved into their tenant’s spare bedroom while she was still living there have been fined.
A Portsmouth rent-to-rent agency which let out overcrowded and unlicensed HMOs has been handed a hefty fine.
