Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
St Helens issues £35,000 HMO penalties over licence breaches
St Helens Council has issued £35,000 in HMO civil penalties after finding a five-person shared home was unlicensed and poorly managed.
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London licensing fines highlight post-RRA landlord risk
Licensing offences now account for more than half of the £24.1 million in fines recorded against landlords and agents on the Mayor of London’s Rogue…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Exclusive: FOI reveals £5.2m in landlord fines as six councils fail to disclose totals
FOI findings show councils issued 864 civil penalties worth £4.95m to landlords, while eight authorities still had not provided substantive figures.
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Propertymark seeks fairer sentencing for landlord offences
Propertymark has backed plans for clearer sentencing guidelines for housing offences, but warned that landlords and agents should not be hit by overlapping punishments that…
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HMO form errors leave landlords open to £5,000 council fines
Landlords are being exposed to civil penalties of more than £5,000 after councils reject HMO licence applications over form errors, according to a warning from…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Manchester’s landlord fines rise sparks debate on enforcement priorities
New figures from Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) show a sharp rise in civil penalties issued to landlords – but the focus on fines has…
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NRLA chides councils for enforcement failures
Over half of local authorities in England have not issued any civil penalties against rogue or criminal landlords in the last three years, the National Residential…
