Tag: Criminal Landlords

Council hits landlords with £1.5m in fines

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th June 2025, 1 year ago | 4

Over the past two years, a council’s pilot scheme targeting landlords has racked up £1.5 million in fines, The Times...

Generation Rent says a ‘tenants’ army’ should enforce landlord database rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2025, 1 year ago | 17

The government should use a tenants’ army to check whether landlords are registered on the landlord database – and reward...

Criminal landlords could face jail but critics warn of enforcement gaps

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th April 2025, 1 year ago | 7

A landlord organisation and the Scottish Conservatives warn new proposals aimed at tackling criminal landlords must address the root of...

Criminal landlords will lose benefit payments under Labour plan

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2025, 2 years ago | 25

England’s criminal landlords will face restrictions on benefit payments they receive for running substandard properties in supported housing, the government...

City unveils taskforce to crack down on criminal landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2023, 3 years ago | 2

A new initiative to combat criminal landlords who exploit vulnerable tenants and engage in criminal activities has been unveiled by...

Tenants urged to report criminal landlords and agents in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th September 2023, 3 years ago | 6

Private renters in London who have been charged illegal fees by landlords and letting agents are being urged to report...

Shelter offers up a General Election manifesto – with more regulation for private landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd September 2023, 3 years ago | 28

Shelter has launched its manifesto for the next General Election, calling on all political parties to commit to a four-point...

Tenant activist groups and the law of unintended consequences

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th August 2023, 3 years ago | 9

It’s not often that two separate stories manage to tell the unfolding horror of what is happening to the private...

Criminal landlords are using ‘bogus bailiffs’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2023, 3 years ago | 29

Devious criminal landlords are allegedly employing fake security personnel who are masquerading as court bailiffs to forcibly remove families from...

Should Landlords do immigration checks?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2013, 13 years ago | 2

As it stands, this is precisely what the Government is planning to do by introducing an Immigration Bill to Parliament...

Enforcement not legislation – PRS Hit Squads

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd October 2013, 13 years ago | 64

There is already more than enough funding and legislation to police the Private Rented Sector. The last thing we need...

Alternatives to Landlord Licencing Schemes

Author: Mark Alexander

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

The alternatives to Landlord Licensing Schemes require joined up thinking, changes to data sharing protocols within local authorities and revised...

Labour plans for a National Register of Private Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th May 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The Labour Party policy review paper indicated: The Party is considering creating a national register of private landlords so that...

Immigration Bill – Landlords could be fined

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2013, 13 years ago | 14

A new immigration bill that includes landlords responsibilities to check the status of tenants rights to reside or face large...

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Task force targets criminal ‘beds in sheds’ landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Beds in sheds landlords are the target of a new government campaign to crack down on shoddy housing. Housing minister...

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Taskforce set to tackle beds in sheds scandal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Beds in sheds landlords face a crackdown by a special government taskforce aimed at closing down criminal landlords and tracking...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 97

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

With new legislation being introduced over the next few weeks we felt it was important to feature related articles in...

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Tenants call for tougher action against criminal landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Tenants are calling for tighter action against criminal landlords who badly manage their homes or charge rip-off fees. The protest...