PRS Industry News

Harry Ulaeto

Durham County Council's first selective licensing prosecution sees PRS landlord ordered to pay £15,743 in fines and costs

The landlord was convicted of 4 Housing Act offences at Peterlee Magistrates, including failure to apply for licences to operate 2 rental properties in the Horden area.

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Sheffield PRS Landlord hit with longest banning order so far claims "my tenants think I'm the best"

Sheffield City Council has obtained a 10 year banning order against a PRS landlord who it says "has a long history of operating and managing extremely poor quality housing."

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Greenwich Council orders demolition of 23 storey build to rent 'mutant development' due to 26 planning breaches

The recently built 2 tower development, on the south bank of the River Thames, includes one block of a 'stepped design' comprising 23, 11, 9 and 6 storeys, and has an estimated 204 households in occupation.

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Energy industry trade body critiques PM's row back on private rented sector energy efficiency upgrade targets

Energy UK, 'The voice of the energy industry', has joined a chorus of disapproval expressed over the Prime Minister's scrapping of, amongst other targets, domestic energy efficiency targets planned for the PRS.

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Competition and Markets Authority looks at using 'consumer protection powers to assist' PRS tenants and landlords to understand their rights and obligations

The CMA, one of whose purposes is to tackle unfair market practices, has been investigating the private rented sector and has raised concerns about the functioning of the PRS in a recent report this month.

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Right to Rent fines "to be more than tripled" for landlords who rent their properties to 'illegal migrants'

Described as "the biggest shakeup of civil penalties since 2014 the fine per occupier rises from £1000 to "up to £10,000 per occupier" for a first offence.

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Portsmouth City Council fines two landlords £15,000 and £24,000 respectively for operating unlicensed HMO properties

Both landlords were found out following unannounced inspections by council enforcement officers.

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Large number of student occupied HMOs raises community cohesion concerns on an estate in Bristol

The High Kingsdown estate in the Cotham ward of Bristol is seeing some students living in the area receiving fines of up to £250 for nuisance behaviour.

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Crown Court imposes huge £300K fine on pillar of the community rogue landlord prosecuted by Hounslow council

The landlord, who was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to charity, had been previously fined £20,000 in 2009 for illegally converting a house into 3 flats.

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Whither minimum energy efficiency targets in the private rented sector after Michael Gove interview on housing and the environment

The recent byelection result in Uxbridge seems to have sent out ripples beyond merely a new addition to the House of Commons roll call not least, depending on one's view, blaming it on or crediting for it, London's ULEZ scheme.

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