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Over the next three months Redbridge council in London is consulting on proposals to renew selective licensing in the borough. It says...

A bizarre fine imposed on a managing agent by a local authority appears to have been reversed because the council flouted...

A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...

A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...

A property management company which kept up to 23 adults in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500 by a council in...

Redbridge council in London is offering 50 per cent off the cost of its private rental sector licensing scheme until September...

Yet another local authority looks likely to adopt a licensing scheme for private rental sector properties, described as a bid “to...

A failed bid by a council to introduce a blanket landlord licensing scheme was both unnecessary and unjustified according to the...

The Secretary of State for Department of Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark, has rejected a council’s call for a blanket...

The government’s apparent opposition to council-wide landlord licensing schemes will be put to the test in the coming weeks following a...