Housing: Two Haringey companies fined for failing to maintain HMOs
Two large letting agencies have been fined for breaching property management laws – and the council has warned others to heed regulations in order to avoid a similar fate.
Two large letting agencies have been fined for breaching property management laws – and the council has warned others to heed regulations in order to avoid a similar fate.
A letting agent who rented out a damp, dangerous and dilapidated property received a hefty fine following a successful council prosecution.
The latest coup by Hillingdon Council’s ‘beds in sheds’ team has seen a couple from the borough fined £58,750 for housing breaches following an intensive investigation.
Following a fire on 14th March 2013 at 15 Nuttings Rd in Cambridge, the landlord Mr Yu Chang of Ditton Fields Cambridge, was prosecuted on the 5th September 2013 by Cambridge City Council for five breaches of the Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006. Mr Chang was fined a total of £6075, £125 Victim surcharge and £400 costs.
A landlord has been fined more than £4,000 for breaches of fire and safety regulations.
A LANDLORD has been fined £1,500 after failing to carry out repairs at a rented house in Rugby.