Housing: Salford fined £10,000 for illegal landlord

Housing: Salford fined £10,000 for illegal landlord

A Salford landlord who failed to licence 20 flats has been fined £10,000. Jamsheed Kamali, 55, of Wilmslow Road, Mottram St Andrew, pleaded guilty to 20 offences of operating flats in Wellington Street West, Broughton, without a landlord licence when he appeared at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester on Friday 21 September.

Housing: Renters oppose longer tenancy contracts

Housing: Renters oppose longer tenancy contracts

A recent report on the affordable housing market recommended increasing the length of tenancy contracts in the UK from six months to 24 months. But an overwhelming 82% of flat and house-sharers are opposed to the move, according to a poll carried out by flat and house share website SpareRoom.co.uk.