Coventry city council has, for the first time, applied for a banning order against a landlord after a successful prosecution for failure to comply with HMO management regulations.

According to Adrian Chowns, the council's property licensing and housing enforcement manager, the landlord had been guilty of both historic and recent serious offences which had put multiple tenants at risk. Mr Chowns added that "we've provided lots of advice to the landlord, but he has continued to contravene the law and there are no signs of improvement." The council has also added the landlord to the rogue landlord database.

Coventry council may also be the first local authority to fine a landlord under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 which came into force in 2021. The landlord had failed to provide to the council a copy of the EICR for their property after concerns were raised about safety and was fined £1,600