by peter littlewood | Dec 11, 2023 | Industry News
A landlord in Sudbury, Yehudi Levhar, has been fined £485,000 for illegally renting out a shed as five flats and letting a house as two flats without planning permission. Levhar used a fake name, Barry Jacobs, to evade detection. Brent council served a planning...
by peter littlewood | Dec 11, 2023 | Industry News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has written to 10 social landlords, including seven housing associations and three councils, regarding severe maladministration findings. In the letters to chief executives, Gove expressed his personal interest in the organizations'...
by peter littlewood | Dec 11, 2023 | Industry News
Liverpool City Council has launched a Private Sector Housing Intelligence and Enforcement Task Force, aimed at tackling criminal activities of rogue landlords and exploitation of vulnerable tenants. Backed by £2 million in funding from the Department for Levelling Up...
by peter littlewood | Dec 11, 2023 | Licensing
Haringey Council in London has taken strong measures against landlords who fail to license their Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). In one case, a Tottenham landlord has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after ignoring an initial warning and...
by peter littlewood | Dec 11, 2023 | Tax & Other Financial
The average price tag on a UK home tumbled by nearly £7,000 in December, according to Rightmove. Across Britain, the average asking price for a home coming on the market fell by 1.9% or $6,966 in cash terms this month, reaching £355,177, the property said. In...
