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A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...

A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

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A rogue landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property he let. Latif Rehman...

A buy to let investor has been fined almost £5,000 after admitting overcrowding.  Matteo Mariano, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at...

Two rogue landlords have been convicted of failing to comply with a Prohibition Order on the rental property they owned. Sandeep Jarjapu...

A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...

A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately...

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...

A landlord who rented out an unlicenced HMO has been fined more than £22,000 after the local council found five people...

The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...

A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...

A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...

A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...

New legislation coming into force today gives local authorities in England tough new powers to crack down on rogue agents and...

A Prohibition Order has been served on the owner of a flat being let to an elderly couple - one of...

The landlord of an overcrowded flat which lacked proper fire precautions and had a dangerous boiler has been fined £162,000. Abbas Rasul...

A landlord has been fined £7,000 for letting two properties which were unfit for habitation. Shahzad Mehmood was prosecuted at Swindon Magistrates'...

The owner of a series of flats to let in Cardiff has been fined £3,500 and ordered to pay £200 costs...

A council has issued a press release to say that a trio of prosecutions on private landlords combine to prove it...

A landlord has been fined £550 after failing to take action from a prohibition order issued by a council.   West Lindsey authority...

A landlord faces a bill of over £9,000 for putting his tenants at risk of harm.   Jack Kensell of Folkestone was prosecuted...

There has been yet another prosecution over an unsafe house in multiple occupation.   Syed Masum Ali appeared in Stafford Magistrates Court and...

Magistrates have fined the leaseholders and landlords of a 10-flat property in north London £120,000 after finding they had put the...

A landlord and restaurateur has to pay almost £5,000 after an apartment he was letting out was found to be overcrowded...

A rogue landlord has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £3,343 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £120...

A landlord has been handed a total fine of £75,215 for a number of offences, including failing to licence four houses...

A property consultancy specialising in licensing regimes for privately-let properties says there have been 580 housing prosecutions in London under the...