Housing minister Matthew Pennycook confirms councils must make landlord licensing registers available for public inspection with certified copies on request, but they are not required to publish them online.
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Medway Council has confirmed that selective and additional HMO licensing will start in seven named wards on 4 January 2027.
Brent Council has fined a Wembley HMO manager £50,000 after more than 20 people were found in a property licensed for fewer than half that number.
St Helens Council has issued £35,000 in HMO civil penalties after finding a five-person shared home was unlicensed and poorly managed.
Bristol Magistrates’ Court has ordered a landlord to pay more than £58,000 after HMO licensing, repair and management offences.
Propertymark has called for five-year cost reporting on landlord licensing schemes after warning that some fees now exceed £1,000 per property.
Telford and Wrekin Council has withdrawn its smaller-HMO licensing designation after an NRLA challenge, removing proposed fees of more than £1,500 per property.
Zurich UK has investigated 17 cannabis farm claims worth £9.4m since January 2022, warning landlords about costly damage and long repairs.
North Tyneside Council proposes Article 4 controls from 6 August 2027, meaning small HMO conversions in eight wards would need planning permission.
Propertymark’s 14 September response challenges proposed landlord-fine uplifts in Bath and Gosport, warning that portfolio size alone should not increase a penalty.
Croydon Council has delayed the start of its new additional HMO and selective licensing schemes until 25 September, pushing back a 1 September launch and reopening the compliance timetable for affected landlords.
Paragon Bank says 28 percent of HMO landlords plan to spend more than £10,000 on improvements over the next 12 months, with compliance, energy work and tenant expectations driving another round of upgrade spending.
Propertymark says almost all 3,198 fixed penalty notices issued by Rent Smart Wales in the year to May 2026 were linked to landlords who failed to register or hold the correct licence.
West Suffolk Council kept a £7,500 landlord fine after a tribunal backed enforcement over 21 electrical safety defects and said the penalty could have been higher.
Bristol City Council has adopted a revised civil penalty policy that allows landlord fines up to £35,000, with the highest bands aimed at unlawful eviction, harassment and serious private housing breaches from 1 May 2026.
Lewisham Council has launched a rogue landlord taskforce after issuing 153 enforcement notices this financial year and £160,875 in penalties since April.
