Tag: housing regulations
Council seizes properties from landlord
Merton Council is believed to be the first in the country to seize a landlord’s properties because – it claims –...
Outcry over landlords banning working from home
Generation Rent and Shelter are slamming landlords for “draconian rules” that ban tenants from working from home (WFH).
An investigation...
BRP cards to be scrapped?
I have just been sent an email from the Home Office. Looks like those plastic Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) cards are now being...
Room sizes and LHA rates?
Hi, I have a flat with 2 bedrooms but the lounge is huge. Lounge is irregular shaped 16.38 sqm, Bed 1 is 16.01 sqm, Bed 2 10.34 sqm...
Rent increase paperwork dilemma?
Hi, I want to make a 5% rent increase for tenants who are on assured shorthold periodic tenancies.
I have never increased rent but...
Is legislation forcing people to live on the streets?
I am exasperated by my situation and navigating the never ending legislation forcing landlords to evict, sell or face a criminal conviction.
Help with HMO selective licence
Hello, I own an ex LA flat which I have rented to a group of 3 students since 2016. I have recently applied for a selective HMO licence.