Housing: Landlord pays for failing to license HMO
Failing to apply for a licence to operate a privately rented house in multiple occupation has cost a Weston-super-Mare landlord hundreds of pounds in fines and costs.
Failing to apply for a licence to operate a privately rented house in multiple occupation has cost a Weston-super-Mare landlord hundreds of pounds in fines and costs.
Property owners who allowed their empty houses to attract vermin and who failed to provide information to the city council have been prosecuted.
A gas oven, which failed to have a safety certificate, could have caused a North Kesteven resident serious harm had it not been for District Council Officers stepping in to help.
A ruthless landlord has been forced to pay more than £25,500 after Newham Council found children living in an overcrowded, unhygienic and dangerous property that he managed.
The Mayor of London has launched the capital’s first ever rental standard, a city-wide badge of accreditation, to help millions of Londoners rent with confidence, and to give the city’s 300,000 landlords peace of mind that they are complying with the law and doing the right thing.
On 27th May 2014 I attended the Fire Risk Assessment training course organised by Oxford City Council, in association with the Fire Protection Association. This is a short review of that course.