Tag: Landlord Licensing

Landlord thwarts £17,000 tenant rent repayment claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2025, 1 year ago | 4

A £17,000 rent repayment claim against a private landlord has been overturned, thanks to the intervention of Landlord Licensing &...

Council unveils new selective licensing scheme consultation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2025, 1 year ago | 0

A council has unveiled a consultation to introduce a selective licensing scheme to improve housing conditions in the PRS and...

Selective licensing needed to protect tenants, claims council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th May 2025, 1 year ago | 4

A London council admits that “the majority of landlords do a good job” but still wants to introduce selective licensing...

Another council targets landlords for fly-tipping tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th May 2025, 1 year ago | 13

A London council has introduced a five-year initiative aimed at curbing illegal waste dumping throughout its borough with plans for...

Landlord’s tribunal victory saves £29,000 in rent repayment case

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th March 2025, 1 year ago | 3

A landlord has won a rare tribunal hearing and escaped being hit with a £29,000 rent repayment order (RRO). It...

Council expands selective licensing scheme under new Labour rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th January 2025, 2 years ago | 3

A new selective licensing scheme for ALL landlords with private rented sector properties in one London borough has been unveiled....

Licensing expert slams government’s selective licensing rules as cash grab

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2024, 2 years ago | 2

A licensing expert has slammed the government’s new selective licensing rules as “not improving standards but lining councils’ coffers.” Phil...

Blackpool approves selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2024, 2 years ago | 7

Blackpool Council has approved a new selective licensing scheme which will come into effect on 1 April 2025. It says...

Housing enforcement experts slam ‘misleading’ prosecutions report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2024, 2 years ago | 1

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

Council reintroduces its selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th November 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Gedling Borough Council is set to reintroduce a selective licensing scheme in Netherfield, Nottingham, aiming, it says, to enhance the...

Council seeks public input on landlord licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Carmarthenshire County Council is inviting feedback on proposed regulations for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) within the Tyisha and Glanymor...

Call to replace selective license schemes with a Jersey-style model

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th August 2024, 2 years ago | 8

Landlord Licensing and Defence chief Phil Turtle is urging the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) to back his proposal for...

Binning selective licensing will leave tenants at the ‘mercy of unscrupulous landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th March 2024, 2 years ago | 19

A charity is warning that a proposal under the Renters (Reform) Bill to introduce a property portal which could replace...

Council’s selective licensing scheme deadline is looming

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2024, 2 years ago | 6

One of the country’s largest selective licensing schemes will go live in two weeks’ time and landlords are being urged...

Lib Dems want to introduce landlord licensing and rent controls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th September 2023, 3 years ago | 38

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to give private rented sector (PRS) tenants and landlords a ‘fair deal’ in their newly...

Additional HMO licensing coming back in Greenwich?

Author: Readers Question

6th December 2022, 4 years ago | 3

Greenwich had an Additional HMO licensing scheme from 1st October 2017 to 30 Sept 2022. No review of the success...

Ipswich Council refunding landlord licensing fees after Westminster Court of Appeal sex shop case

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th February 2014, 13 years ago | 9

The RLA has recently received an email from Ipswich Borough Council confirming it has started to refund Landlord Licensing fees...

Alternative to licensing/accreditation? Bad landlords, look away now!

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11th September 2013, 13 years ago | 65

Following on from the discussion entitled “Raising Standards or Raising Funds” it appears that the majority of readers agree that...

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...

Landlord Licensing Schemes – Raising Standards or Raising Funds?

Author: Mark Alexander

9th August 2013, 13 years ago | 118

WARNING – this article might make you want to cry, it might make you want to laugh and it will...

Private Rented Sector Review – Conclusions and recommendations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The Private Rented Sector Review conclusions and recommendations published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: Simplifying regulation 1.  We recommend...