Tag: Selective Licensing

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Council hit-team takes on hardcore rogue landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

A council hit-team is readying to prosecute rogue landlords who have dodged signing up to a selective licensing scheme. The...

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HMO licence fees up 650 percent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 15 years ago | 6

In the last year it has become very clear that many Local Authorities are looking very carefully at Private Sector...

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Here’s a radical idea – Stop Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Author: Mary Latham

13th January 2012, 15 years ago | 32

I am writing this after reading an article with the opening line “A Labour MP says that every MP he...

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Landlord Fined £4,000 after Tenant Flees Buy to Let Blaze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A landlord was fined £4,000 for failing to carry out fire safety work at a rental property after a tenant...

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HMO Confusion Could Costs Landlords Fines of £50,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Planning and licensing rules for shared houses could be an expensive trap for landlords as some councils take on new...

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I Will Not Say Sorry for Being a Good Landlord

Author: Mary Latham

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 24

An article in the Telegraph last week really offended my sense of justice. I am well aware that only landlords...

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The HMO Debate – an admission of defeat.

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 32

My last article on Property 118 brought forth a host of questions from landlords wondering whether their property was in...

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£1,600 Fine for Landlord Who Ignored Licence Warnings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A landlord who ignored repeated warnings from a council that he should licence his property was fined £1,600. Leon White...

Landlords launch legal challenges over HMO licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Hundreds of landlords are mounting two legal challenges against council policies over planning and licensing for shared houses. Landlords in...

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HMO no-go zones branded ‘social engineering’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Neighbourhood no-go zones for houses in multiple occupation are spawning some unholy alliances between former property letting adversaries to fight...

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City landlords face first HMO selective licensing blitz

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Thousands of shared house landlords in Oxford are the first in England to meet strict new selective licensing guidelines as...

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Councils take Shapps to court over HMO U-turn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Councils protesting about a government U-turn over shared house planning laws have won the right to challenge the ruling in...

Landlords take HMO protest online

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Landlords have  launched an online campaign against a council’s proposals to micromanage shared houses by introducing planning controls and extra...

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HMO planning and selective licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Property investors find the complicated rules that govern licensing and planning for shared housing – legally termed a ‘house in...

More councils take on selective licensing for HMOs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Two more councils have joined the queue to crackdown on property investors letting shared houses.

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Councils fear cash claims if they tackle HMO problems

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Councils are afraid of tackling shared housing problems because they fear landlords will sue them for loss of earnings, a...