Tag: Selective Licensing

Committee calls for raising standards and stronger enforcement across PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2026, 1 week ago | 7

A government committee has urged the government to introduce incentives for landlords to raise standards in the private rented sector...

Nottingham’s landlord licensing creates £114.9m in ‘social value’?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th May 2026, 1 month ago | 9

Nottingham’s landlord licensing schemes have created £114.9m in social value over five years, according to the first evaluation published by...

Councils urged to take proactive approach to enforcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2026, 2 months ago | 3

The government has claimed councils “should take a proactive approach to enforcement” under the Renters’ Rights Act. In a written...

Landlords win as selective licensing rules are amended

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2026, 2 months ago | 10

In a victory for landlords, a letting agent has successfully overturned unreasonable selective licensing conditions imposed by Charnwood borough council....

Council offers cash to improve homes for rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2026, 2 months ago | 1

Landlords and property owners with long-term empty homes in one city could receive up to £20,000 to bring properties back...

Council considers extending selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2026, 2 months ago | 1

A council has decided to press ahead with a public consultation on its selective licensing scheme. Durham County Council has...

Call for better communication of selective licensing schemes by councils

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2026, 3 months ago | 1

An organisation is urging councils to actively promote selective licensing schemes after a council introduced six new schemes but failed...

Councils with selective licensing schemes must think we are stupid

Author: Landlord Crusader

24th April 2026, 3 months ago | 1

Here we go again, I thought, when reading about Great Yarmouth council on Property118 claiming that there is ‘little evidence’...

Cabinet approves additional HMO and Selective Licensing Schemes for Croydon

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2026, 3 months ago | 1

After a recent consultation on the 25th March, the Cabinet have approved an additional HMO and Selective Licensing scheme for...

Build-to-Rent viability warning as ARL urges government action

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2026, 4 months ago | 0

The Association for Rental Living (ARL) is urging the government to take prompt action to support the UK’s Build-to-Rent (BtR)...

Selective licensing and RRA drive council staffing increase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2026, 5 months ago | 4

A Labour-run council is hiring extra staff to tackle selective licensing and the Renters’ Rights Act. Liverpool City Council has...

Council to charge £1,000 selective licensing fee

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2026, 5 months ago | 3

A council will go ahead with its selective licensing scheme set to come into force in April, requiring landlords to...

Landlords could be fined twice for same offence warns licensing expert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th February 2026, 5 months ago | 1

A landlord expert has accused councils of “double jeopardy enforcement against landlords” by fining them twice for the same offence....

Labour-run council hires extra staff for selective licensing crackdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th February 2026, 5 months ago | 3

A council has doubled the size of its staff to deal with selective licensing. Westminster council claims it has recruited...

Landlord association challenges council’s selective licensing scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2026, 5 months ago | 1

A landlord association is fighting back against a council’s proposed selective licensing scheme by threatening legal action. The Eastern Landlords...

Selective licensing fees could force Blackpool landlords to sell

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2026, 5 months ago | 3

A councillor has warned that landlords in Blackpool could sell up as they struggle to pay “massive selective licensing fees.”...

Renters’ Rights Act depends on council enforcement claims tenant group

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th January 2026, 6 months ago | 1

A tenant group claims the “Renters’ Rights Act will only be as effective as how well it is enforced”, as...

Government to gather data on council PRS enforcement staffing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd January 2026, 6 months ago | 4

The government has confirmed it will introduce a mandatory collection of private rented sector (PRS) enforcement data, including information on...

Council claims civil financial penalties harder to enforce on rogue landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2026, 6 months ago | 3

A council admits it has only issued three civil financial penalties of up to £30,000 for unlicensed properties and no...

Landlords’ association warns council’s selective licensing plan is ‘unlawful’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2026, 6 months ago | 5

A landlord association has urged a council to pause its upcoming selective licensing scheme, branding it “unlawful” and claiming evidence...