
Housing: Unlicenced HMO fire risk brings landlord £23,000 fine
A prolific landlord whose unlicensed HMO posed a fire risk for tenants – including many children, has been fined £23,000 with costs of £2,890.
A prolific landlord whose unlicensed HMO posed a fire risk for tenants – including many children, has been fined £23,000 with costs of £2,890.
In the second of this three part series, we take a look at the impact of licensing on the availability of private sector rental accommodation and rental prices.
A pair of unscrupulous landlords have been fined and ordered to pay costs of almost £9000 after Camden Council successfully prosecuted them for failing to license overcrowded student digs (20 June 2012).
Six students have been awarded a record rent repayment of £39,000 by the Residential Property Tribunal Service following a prosecution of their landlord by Camden Council.
Restaurant owner Mr Mohammed Nazim Uddin of New Jeera Restaurant Limited was fined £3000 today at Darlington Magistrates Court for failing to comply with an Emergency Prohibition Notice.
In the first of this three part series we take a look at the progress and impact of Oxford City Council’s groundbreaking new licensing scheme.