A housing legal expert says that councils are guilty of severe maladministration, excessive enforcement and unfair licensing conditions against private sector landlords while neglecting their own housing stock and ignoring tenants’ complaints.
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Landlords in the UK are witnessing a surge in property licensing schemes and consultations in 2024, according to Kamma.
The firm helps landlords and letting agents comply with licensing regulations and its data points to 2024 gearing up to beat 2023…
A landlord has expressed his worries about the possible problems that tenants could cause for him and other landlords with properties in selective licensing areas, due to councils delaying renewing their licenses.
The landlord, who wished to remain ano…
A controversial council has found itself in hot water following a damning report that exposes its failure to ringfence its selective licensing fees.
Nottingham City Council finally published a report this week by accounting firm Ernst and Young (EY) w…
A legal firm that specialises in helping landlords has issued a warning about the dangers of selective licensing schemes that many local authorities in the UK are implementing.
Selective licensing schemes aim to improve the quality and management of pr…
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. This was granted and then revoked because the Housing Office at the council said that my lease does not permit me t…
London was at the forefront of a record-breaking year of property licensing schemes and enforcement in the UK in 2023, one firm reports.
According to data from Kamma, there were 32 new licensing schemes introduced across the country last year
A licence for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) is now required by most landlords in Royal Greenwich after a new scheme went live on 1 January 2024.
The additional HMO licensing scheme covers properties where three or more residents from different h…
A landlord who provides homes to hundreds of homeless benefit tenants says council licensing schemes are making rents rocket and forcing people onto the streets.
Mick Roberts, Nottingham’s biggest private provider for this group, told the Notting…
Landlords in Brighton and Hove face a £500 fine if they fail to carry out work to improve their properties.
Brighton and Hove council will issue ‘improvement notices’ to any landlord in the area whose property does not meet the required standards.
More than 1,000 enforcement notices were handed to landlords under one city’s selective licensing schemes.
In three areas where 1,515 private rented properties are licensed, 500 compliance inspections were carried out.
In a report to help support an ap…
Shocking new figures reveal Nottingham has the highest rate of homelessness across the county.
Data from Shelter reveals 2,700 people across Nottinghamshire will be homeless this Christmas. This includes around 1,340 children who are stuck in temporar…
Michael Gove has announced a new national policy framework (NPFF) in his long-term plan for housing.
The Housing Secretary laid out his plans to build more homes across England and promised to act against councils that miss deadlines to submit their h…
A London borough unveils a controversial plan, in a bid for better standards.
Lambeth Council are launching a consultation on a proposed selective licensing scheme for the city.
Landlords in the area could have to pay a whopping £923 per property in 2…
Wirral council has announced plans to extend and introduce selective licensing schemes for private sector landlords in four areas of the borough, targeting parts of Birkenhead and Wallasey.
The schemes, which will run from 2024 to 2029, affect four are…
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