housing enforcement Archives

Council urges public to report unlicensed HMOs in crackdown on landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd August 2025, 8 months ago | 9

A council wants tenants and members of the public to report unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) as part of...

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21st August 2025, 8 months ago | 3

The Mayor of Salford has praised tough housing enforcement after rogue landlords were handed £2.2 million in fines. According to...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th July 2025, 9 months ago | 31

Councils could have stronger powers to carry out surprise enforcement inspections under the Renters’ Rights Bill. Amendments to the Renters’...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th June 2025, 10 months ago | 4

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2025, 11 months ago | 15

It is being promoted as a way to level the renting playing field and empower tenants, but one housing law...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th April 2025, 12 months ago | 19

A council has been slammed for threatening landlords with an unlimited fine for failing to tackle fly-tipping. Sefton council has...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2024, 1 year ago | 1

A leading firm of landlord and housing law experts has slammed a recent report suggesting councils in England and Wales...

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2024, 1 year ago | 0

A free seminar for private landlords will help educate them about how they can protect themselves from potential fines and...

Author: Readers Question

3rd September 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Hi, it seems to me that the thing that worries lots of smaller landlords is the ever increasing/changing rules governing...