Last year I wrote for Guardian Society about the reservations I had over Shelter’s rogue landlord campaign, which makes the argument that the number of landlords prosecuted by local authorities is low compared to the amount of complaints about bad housing that those councils received (By Ben Reeve-Lewis).
Brent Council is drawing up plans to crackdown on ‘beds in sheds’ – outbuildings in residential gardens rented out in contravention of planning rules.
A pair of unscrupulous landlords have been fined and ordered to pay costs of almost £9000 after Camden Council successfully prosecuted them for failing to license overcrowded student digs.
This case involves an Appeal against a Prohibition Order served by London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The Prohibition Order related to Category 1 hazards such as Excess Cold, Damp and Mould and Electrical hazards. The London Panel quashed the Prohibition Order.
Camden Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord for failing to license a property she had divided into separate dwellings without installing safe fire exits and fire alarms.
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