Corporate Lenders Jump on Buy to Let Bandwagon
The property media is rife with the idea that landlords are turning to owning property with a company in a bid to avoid tax changes. Companies House and the Office of National Statistics cannot support the claim and both say they neither track the data nor have seen...
50 Landlords Face Court Threat After Home Safety Crackdown
Fifty landlords running nearly 250 private homes to rent have been warned they must carry out immediate repairs or face the courts. Hereford and Worcestershire fire service has cracked down on landlords after inspecting hundreds of houses in multiple occupation,...
How to Understand Rent Repayment Orders – Housing and Planning Act
The Housing and Planning Act 2016 received Royal Assent in May 2016 and is gradually being commenced. A number of items affecting the private rented sector in England will – over time – be introduced through the Act including: banning orders database of...
HMRC Plans New Tax Burden for Landlords With Licences
Landlords face a new regulation threat as anyone letting a property with a local authority licence may have to prove they file tax returns before moving in a tenant. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is moving forward with efforts to tackle the black economy with a new...
How The Tribunal Assessed Suitable Room Sizes In A HMO
Nottingham CC v (1) Dominic Parr (2) Trevor Parr Associates Ltd (2016) UKUT 71 (LC) Martin Rodger QC, Deputy President Introduction Where a property has three or more storeys and five or more occupiers sharing facilities a HMO licence is required. Where a licence is...
HMO Failures Lead To £250,000 In Fines And Landlord Jail Term
Landlords and letting agents have been handed suspended jail sentences and almost £250,000 in fines and costs for failing to manage rented properties in recent weeks. In Luton, Bedfordshire, a landlord and letting agents were fined over £26,000 for a string of housing...
New Laws To Tackle HMO Overcrowding
Councils in England are to get new powers to tackle landlords squeezing too many tenants into overcrowded homes. The new rules will impose a minimum room size of 6.52 square metres in a shared house of multiple occupation (HMO) where five or more people live. The aim...
Leafy Suburbs Where Rogue Landlords Lurk In The Shadows
It’s hard to believe the leafy suburbs of one of Britain’s most prestigious seats of learning are a black spot for rogue landlords. With a population of 150,000 and home to the dreamy spires of a world-class university, the housing enforcement team of Oxford City...
Council To Charge £500 A Bed For Hmo Licences
The glass ceiling for house in multiple occupation licensing fees was shattered when councillors in Lewisham, London, set a price of £500 on each bedroom. That makes the cost of a five-year HMO licence for a three-bedroomed home in the borough £1,500, while a licence...
A Practical Guide To The New HMO Planning Class In Wales
This entry is part 5 of 11 in the series House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Please note this article applies to Wales only. Please see the previous article in this series for HMO planning permission in England. From 25 February 2016, a new House in Multiple Occupation...
New Proposals To Extend HMO Licensing
The Department for Communities and Local Government has announced a discussion paper about extending licensing of HMO’s in England. Currently, mandatory licensing applies to HMO’s of three storeys or more and five or more occupiers. Where there is an...
Prosecutions And Fines For HMO Landlords
A round up of recent HMO prosecutions and fines. Father and son landlords Sabbir and Asif Veshima were fined £750 for failing to licence an overcrowded house in multiple occupation (HMO) where 11 people were living. Magistrates at Stroud, Gloucestershire, heard that...
Four Court Cases Of HMO Criminal Offences
Overcrowded Shared house landlord Javeed Hossain crammed 10 tenants into a home licensed for six to safely live while ignoring fire safety measures. Magistrates at Uxbridge, Hillingdon, West London, fined him £11,000 for breaking house in multiple occupation licensing...
580 Landlords Face Courts For Breaking Housing Laws
Property experts are warning London landlords that they are likely to end up in the courts if the break private rented home licensing rules. London Property Licensing has put together a list of council prosecutions in the capital against landlords over three years....
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