
Housing: Oxford brothers fined for not returning RFI
Two brothers have been prosecuted for landlord offences after failing to return a form which stated that their property was a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).
Two brothers have been prosecuted for landlord offences after failing to return a form which stated that their property was a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).
A Letting Agent faces a total of £41,200 in fines and costs after pleading guilty at Watford Magistrates Court to thirteen offences, relating to the safety of tenants in five rented properties in Aviation Avenue and Mosquito Way, Hatfield.
Birmingham City Council failed to deal with a homeless family properly meaning a woman and her four children had to live in a one-room Bed & Breakfast for over 4 months.
The owner of a chain of six shops in London has been fined £10,450 for the appalling housing conditions of his tenants above his shop, the Sunrise convenience store in Shaftesbury Avenue.
A new licensing regime for park home sites that comes into force this week. New rights will give park home residents the protection they need from unscrupulous site owners, says Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
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.