The Government has been urged to control its plans to change how licences are granted to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).
Truro Magistrates’ Court sentences housing tenant for tenancy fraud
A housing association tenant in Cornwall has been ordered to pay over £1,500 after pleading guilty to illegally subletting her council house when she moved out of the property.
Council gets Court of Appeal support in secret property conversion case
A Rotherham man’s legal battle – to continue using a barn as his home after secretly converting it – has failed after the Court of Appeal in London sided with his local council.
Buy-to-let landlords rush to set up limited companies
Landlords are exploiting a loophole in the law in an attempt to dodge Chancellor George Osborne’s tax raid on second homes and rental properties.
Landlord fined £6,000 for failing to improve his properties’ exteriors
Cedric Fitzpatrick – a landlord based in St Helens – has been served with a fine for more than £6,000 after St Helens Magistrates’ Court sentenced him for failing to comply with improvement notices from his local council.