Rent dodger signs – Are they lawful?

I’ve just had an interesting question on the help-line that I thought worthy of a brief article. I remembered seeing this on the news a while ago and found a BBC article here Q: My friend who is a landlord has placed a sign outside his property stating “rent dodger lives here”. Is this legal? A: S.40 ... Please login or signup to continue reading this...

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Rent dodger signs – Are they lawful?

I’ve just had an interesting question on the help-line that I thought worthy of a brief article. I remembered seeing this on the news a while ago and found a BBC article here Q: My friend who is a landlord has placed a sign outside his property stating “rent dodger lives here”. Is this legal? A: S.40 ... Please login or signup to continue reading this...

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Unlawful Eviction Case

The source of the below article is: http://www.landlordrecoveries.co.uk/articles/case-1-74.html/trackback Salah v Munro    Willesden County Court    April 2009 Ms Salah signed an assured shorthold tenancy agreement (AST) for a room for a period of 6 months. The tenant applied for housing benefit which was granted, but only for part of the rent.  Mr Munro, the landlord had a ‘no housing benefit’ policy – and decided to enforce it. He...

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