The three-bedroom HMO was identified by Barking and Dagenham Council in December 2018. Officials informed the planning enforcement team that planning permission had not been granted or applied for to change the property from a single dwelling. Landlord Husna Patel was...
London mayor Sadiq Khan has reiterated his call for a rent freeze to be imposed on private landlords in the capital. Khan’s latest call was made via Twitter in response to a news report by City AM that highlighted Rightmove figures showing a surge in average asking...
The Regulator of Social Housing has today (4 April 2023) announced the second wave of consumer inspection pilots. This is an important step in preparing for new consumer regulation, which will include regular inspections of social landlords from April 2024 and give...
Jo Eccles, founder and managing director of London-focused property business Eccord, said a number of BTL landlords who acquired their properties after 2014 are seeking valuations with a view to selling in the next 12 to 24 months. Writing in the company’s latest...
A mortgage chief has accused local authorities of treating private landlords like cash machines.Justin May, chief executive of EHF Mortgages, makes the claim in comments about the government consultation on council tax applied to HMOs. The consultation closes at...
The Government has announced a raft of changes around Ant-Social Behaviour (ASB), including that landlords face unlimited fines if their properties fall into disrepair. Currently, fines attached to so-called “Section 215” orders are capped at £1,000. But the housing...
The Spectator magazine has published an article ‘In defence of landlords’. It can be seen here, stating ‘government continues to treat private-rented property like a whipping boy, subjecting it to ever-increasing regulation and penal taxation. This feeds into the...
The amount of time it takes a landlord to evict abusive tenants will be cut by half, says the Prime Minister as part of a wide-ranging clampdown on anti-social behaviour. “Anti-social behaviour undermines the basic right of people to feel safe in the place they call...
The amount of time it takes a landlord to evict abusive tenants will be cut by half, says the Prime Minister as part of a wide-ranging clampdown on anti-social behaviour. “Anti-social behaviour undermines the basic right of people to feel safe in the place they call...
Landlords and housing associations are going to be granted more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin their neighbours’ lives through persistent noise or by being drunk and disorderly, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will confirm later today. Under new plans perpetrators...
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