HMO Regulations

Councils lose Court cases over HMO licence fees
Three cases have recently been tested in the Courts whereby Councils have charged more for HMO licensing then was reasonable.
There...

Has this Oxford tenant fallen foul of HMO legislation?
I have just received an email from an Oxford based tenant who may have fallen foul of HMO regulations.
I’m not sure how to answer...

Tessa Shepperson’s New “Landlord Law Made Eas...
Don’t you get fed up sometimes by the amount of law we are expected to know?
We have to comply with complicated tenancy deposit...

Appeal Court Rejects HMO Legal Challenge
Local councils have lost their fight in the courts to overturn the government’s house in multiple occupation planning laws.
After...

The HMO Debate – an admission of defeat.
My last article on Property 118 brought forth a host of questions from landlords wondering whether their property was in or out of...

Shared house was firebomb waiting to explode
Electrical wiring in a shared house was so dangerous the property was a firebomb waiting to go off, a court heard.
Faulty wiring was...

Landlord faces jail for £60,000 benefits fiddle
Landlord Lynne Hampson faces jail for cheating the benefits system out of thousands of pounds and even spent some of the cash on extending...
