Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 10/10/2026 - 14:50Hi Judith, Worth separating the two mechanisms, because the £7k and Awaab's Law aren't the same thing and the difference matters here. Awaab's Law is an implied term in...
Gary, after someone found your home 150 miles away and went at your brakes, the worry is entirely rational. But it's worth separating what the regulations require from what this thread assumes. Registering and publishing aren't the same thing. Individual...
Reply to the comment left by Jo Westlake at 29/09/2026 - 10:02Hi Jo, The list you're after exists in one place, and from tomorrow it's the only one that counts. If you verify digitally you've got to use a provider...
Reading through this, the inconsistency people are describing here (wards excluded with no explanation, inspectors making things up on the spot, licences granted with no inspection at all) matches something we found going through all 296 English licensing authorities individually:...
Reply to the comment left by Heather G. at 03/09/2026 - 19:47Technically yes - once the scheme goes live at midnight on the 25th there's no grace period baked into the Housing Act itself, so an unlicensed letting is in...
Worth being precise about the actual exposure here: the licensing requirement itself doesn't start until 25 September, the same day applications open, so there's no window where a landlord is letting unlicensed with no way to apply - the scheme...
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Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 10/10/2026 - 14:50
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 10/10/2026 - 14:50Hi Judith, Worth separating the two mechanisms, because the £7k and Awaab's Law aren't the same thing and the difference matters here. Awaab's Law is an implied term in...
Read More →2nd October 2026, 1 week ago
Gary, after someone found your home 150 miles away and went at your brakes, the worry is entirely rational. But it's worth separating what the regulations require from what this thread assumes. Registering and publishing aren't the same thing. Individual...
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Reply to the comment left by Jo Westlake at 29/09/2026 - 10:02Hi Jo, The list you're after exists in one place, and from tomorrow it's the only one that counts. If you verify digitally you've got to use a provider...
Read More →27th September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Reading through this, the inconsistency people are describing here (wards excluded with no explanation, inspectors making things up on the spot, licences granted with no inspection at all) matches something we found going through all 296 English licensing authorities individually:...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Heather G. at 03/09/2026 - 19:47
Reply to the comment left by Heather G. at 03/09/2026 - 19:47Technically yes - once the scheme goes live at midnight on the 25th there's no grace period baked into the Housing Act itself, so an unlicensed letting is in...
Read More →3rd September 2026, 1 month ago
Worth being precise about the actual exposure here: the licensing requirement itself doesn't start until 25 September, the same day applications open, so there's no window where a landlord is letting unlicensed with no way to apply - the scheme...
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