Commenting on Newham Council’s proposals to introduce borough wide landlord licensing, David Salusbury, Chairman of the National Landlords Association said:
“It is deeply disappointing that the London Borough of Newham has taken the decision to license all landlords in its area….
Newham is to become the first borough in the country to apply licensing to all of its privately rented properties. Newham councillors approved this pioneering scheme at a Cabinet meeting on June 21st covering an estimated 35,000 private tenancies (one in three of all the borough’s households).
When a landlord gives a tenant a tenancy agreement – that agreement does not necessarily tell you the whole picture. There may be whole areas of law which the tenancy agreement does not mention but will nevertheless apply.
A landlord in Gipton has been fined over £3000 for accepting false references from his tenants. Mr Colin Harrison, of Harrison Crescent, Gipton, was fined at Leeds Magistrates Court on Thursday 31 May for committing six offences against the selective licensing rules which operate in the Cross Green and East End area of the city. He pleaded guilty to all the offences and was fined £1000 with costs of £2447, including a victim surcharge of £15.
Liverpool City Council has won a landmark tribunal ruling which could see heating costs cut for private tenants.The decision by the President of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (UTLC) means that heating systems provided in private rented properties should be economical to run, if occupiers are to be adequately protected from the harmful effects of cold.
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