David William Westcott (age 59), who operates ‘Hartbourne Holdings Ltd’, attended Luton Magistrates Court and was found guilty of operating an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).
Accommodation for Students (AFS) and Unipol have partnered to launch the UK’s first fully-effective nationwide student landlord accreditation scheme – the AFS/Unipol Code. This at a time when students are just returning to university and first-year students are seeking accommodation (mostly rented) for the first time.
A landlord who failed to keep his property in a safe condition and exposed his tenants to ‘excess cold’ was fined in court, following a prosecution by Harrow Council.
Newham could become the first borough in the country to license all private landlords. The east London council has just started a 10-week consultation. Councillors will then consider giving it the green light.
Two new task force teams are being set up in Newham to tackle the growing menace of ‘super sheds’ – ramshackle illegal buildings in gardens often housing people living in squalor.
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