Hillingdon’s clampdown down on illegal back garden homes and rogue landlords has scored a court victory. Jam al Uddin of 36 Gloucester Road, London, has been ordered to pay £15,377 for using an outbuilding as accommodation following a Hillingdon Council investigation.
Home ownership is all but a pipe dream for many people, with 42% of UK renters confessing they cannot afford to save for a deposit, according to new research carried out by flat and house share website SpareRoom.co.uk.
A local landlord has been prosecuted by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council for operating a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without a licence.
A rouge landlord who amassed a property empire by illegally cramming 28 flats into four houses has been prosecuted and fined a total of £320,000.
A landlord has been removed from the landlord register which makes it a criminal offence for him to rent out property – the first time this power has been used in Edinburgh.
We recently reported that Camden Council had prosecuted a struck-off solicitor for failing to license a property let to 12 people (view article). We have been provided with a detailed case summary that shows just how complex housing prosecutions can be.
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