Housing: Newham receives 30,000 applications for licensing scheme

Housing: Newham receives 30,000 applications for licensing scheme

Nearly 30,000 applications* have been made by private residential landlords to Newham Council.​ So far Newham has carried out 750 enforcement visits, issued 1200 warning letters, and handed out 50 cautions. Thirty prosecutions, at various stages of the legal process, have been pursued since the scheme started.