Tag: landlord licensing
Licensing makes landlords’ personal lives fair game, troubling case shows
Glasgow councillors are debating whether to grant an HMO licence to a landlord after hearing that he was fined for an unrelated...
EXCLUSIVE: Time for radical action to rid sector of rogue agents,...
The boss of a Midlands estate agency and property services firm has come up with a radical new idea to address council inaction...
There’s been a rash of councils applying for new licensing schemes
Landlord licensing:
New Government funding and a crack-down on rogue operators is resulting in a whole host of new...
Government refuses Liverpool City-wide licensing scheme extension
Landlord Licensing:
The new housing
secretary Robert Jenrick has turned down an application by Liverpool
City Council to extend Liverpool’s...
Government review highlights lack of data on landlords
Landlord licensing:
With the doubling in the size of the private rented sector
since 2002, the...
Rent Smart Wales enforcement – 62 prosecutions to 2019
Landlord Licensing:
Rent Smart Wales, a scheme introduced in Wales under the Housing (Wales) Act...
Rent Smart Wales has carried out its first successful prosecution
Landlord Licensing:
Rent Smart Wales the enforcement agency for lettings in Wales is flexing its muscles as the 1st anniversary of the compulsory registration scheme...
Selective Licensing – are there any benefits for landlords?
Landlord Licensing:
Some local authorities are introducing landlord licencing in selected areas while others are doing this across the board, across the whole borough, town...
Should the many suffer because of a few?
Landlord Licensing:
Does Nottingham City Council really need to punish 000’s of tenants across the city, for the actions of the inconsiderate few?
There is no...