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Like most councils, the callous jobsworths at London Borough of Southwark will stop at nothing to avoid rehousing a resident.  In this case, they fought the poor tenant all the way up through the courts right up to the Court of Appeal making his family…

New research has revealed that almost two thirds (62%) of people claim to have had an issue with mould in their home at least once, with conditions in the home the most common reason for the spread of mould, says a new research study commissioned by Us…

It appears that a London borough council’s two licensing schemes have expired at the turn of the year, with no alternative likely to come into force until the middle of 2021 at least. London Property Licensing reports that additional and selective lice…

Havering Council has agreed to the extension of its landlord licensing gravy train. The current scheme was launched in March 2018 and has bagged the council the best part of a £million with £417,500 in financial penalty fines, and £350,000 from 314 HMO…

A client Of Landlord Licensing & Defence who has lived in abject terror for months due to bullying and ridiculous Local Council action had a successful outcome at Court! Terrified by Council Enforcement; a client who had been summoned to court by a…

Following the recent revelation that the University of Warwick is dumping hundreds of private landlords in favour of its own student accommodation, it has today come to light that as part of this strategy it appears to have deliberately put landlords s…

In a groundbreaking decision, The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has declared that a council should not have waited until the eviction date to rehouse a mother but should have rehoused her when she first informed it that she was being made …

In a shock move, the University of Warwick has pulled the rug out from under more than 500 Coventry and Warwickshire landlords.
After guaranteeing some 3,000 plus students for over 500 properties they are now saying to ALL those landlords “So long
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Yes, their incompetence is blatant to those who have to challenge them on a daily basis. The arrogance and aggressive methods are leaving landlords terrified and they produce no evidence because they claim they don’t have to.
You may not want to …

This story concerns two slum-like death trap HMOs which had both been granted recent HMO Licences by Lincoln City Council and condemned as unsafe for habitation by an independent expert.
One such HMO Licence was granted as recently as January 2020 and …

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living standards” but comes with a 58% rise in some fees for Buy to Let investors and professional landlords and shows that
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In a move designed to punish as many landlords as possible with crucifying Rent Repayment Orders of up to 12 months rent, the City of Westminster has launched a “Find out if you can screw your Landlord” tool on their website.
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“Rent Arrears must be accounted for BEFORE rent is eligible to be reclaimed under a Rent Repayment Order (RRO).”
At a stroke, this Judgement of the First-Tier Tribunal (in a case defended by Des Taylor of Landlord Licensing and Defence) means that the …

A new Landlord: hounded, bullied, harassed and falsely accused of breaking the law – until we put the bullies and the idiots in their place. Unjustified Enforcement yet again!
Read this true story. Every landlord needs to know the council is wrong a lo…

The last two weeks has been hectic and here are some of the things I have covered in the last two weeks. These cases are all landlords just like you.
Covid-19 has meant much more enforcement action against landlords and not because of the virus
The pos…