The Dept' for levelling up, housing and communities has launched its public consultation on the proposed new decent homes standard for homes in the private rented sector. The consultation runs from 2nd September to 14th October 2022.

A new (August 2022) report by experts at the UCL Institute of Health Equity says that the inability of 55% of the UK population to properly heat their homes during the cost of living crisis will have a deep and lasting impact on health outcomes across the country - especially for children and the elderly.

A Newham landlord who illegally evicted his tenant has had a rent repayment order imposed to the tune of £2,825. The property the tenant had been living in was an unlicensed HMO and was the only property that the landlord owned.

According to property press reports, the number of "bills included" private rented tenancies currently being offered by landlords has dropped off a cliff due to the energy price rise chaos the country is experiencing right now.

After the occupant of a flat above a commercial premises in Haringey, London, complained that she had been issued with a £400 penalty notice for putting her rubbish out 35 minutes early the Local Govt and Social Care Ombudsman has issued a report critical of Haringey council for imposing such a fine when it should have written a warning letter instead.

Homelessness charity Crisis in partnership with rental property platform Zoopla have released new research suggesting that the Government needs to up-rate housing benefits payments to cope with a large shortfall for low income households between the housing benefit received and the rents that they actually pay.

A new selective licensing scheme in the London borough of Haringey is set to go live across 14 wards in the borough on 17th November 2022 after approval was granted by minister for housing and rough sleeping, Eddie Hughes MP, on behalf of the secretary of state at DLUHC. The scheme will run for 5 years.

A Bristol landlord with a portfolio of 34 properties in the city has pleaded guilty to and been convicted of 8 banning order offences and will be placed on the Government's rogue landlord database. A fine of £22,000 was also imposed.

A landlord from Ilford in London with HMO properties in Clacton has been fined £23,000 by Tendring DC (reduced by the first tier tribunal panel from the £90,000 of fines initially sought by the council) and has had her HMO licences revoked due to not being a "fit & proper person" to hold such licences.

After an investigation by officers from Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue service a landlord from Dawlish has pleaded guilty to 3 offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The fire safety offences related to a property which comprised commercial premises on the ground floor and a privately rented flat on the upper floor.