Convicted HMO landlord – doing the community a service?
This is the sort of attitude that Local Authorities have to put up with. Mr Bowden in Ipswich, who recently pleaded guilty convicted in the Magistrates Court to operating a house of multiple occupation...
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Those who have read articles here in the past about ASBO landlord Dickens will find an excellent report on the Nearly Legal site here. The post The Dickens case appeared first on The Landlord Law Blog.
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A new landlord scam
A new landlord scam has been highlighted on the Directgov web-site. Tenants answering ads on web-sites such as Gumtree, fish4 of Craig’s List are being asked to ‘prove that they have enough money’ by...
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FSA to regulate sale and rent back sector
Homeowners in distress who have sold their property to a ‘sale and rent back’ company in the belief that they will be able to live their for the rest of their lives, only be to kicked out a year...
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Possible scam with tenants' deposit money
There has been quite a bit of publicity over the last few months about agents and the unjust charges they impose on both tenants and also the landlords they represent. The CAB did a report on this...
View ArticleCanadian landlords trample on tenants human rights, says survey
A newspaper report here, describes a survey in Toronto in Canada which shows that vulnerable people are regularly being discriminated against by landlords. To quote the article: To test landlord...
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Shoddy HMOs? Don't blame the law, blame the enforcers
A recent article on the BBC news site, complains that landlords are avoiding the HMO licensing regulations by developing HMOs in buildings which do not come within the categories which require...
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4 Ways To Catch A Rental Scammer – guest blog by Dave Dugdale
I run a couple of classified rental sites in America, and while I do not live in England I know from monitoring Twitters search stream on rental scams, that America is not alone when it comes to...
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Large award for tenant in unlawful eviction case
Houses I have just read an interesting case (Hunt v. Hussesin, Epsom County Court) in the housing section of the Legal Action Magazine, which should serve as an awful warning to landlords tempted to...
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Tenants legal help – how to protect yourself against rogue landlords
An interesting article in the Cash section of the Observer today looks at the increasing tendency of tenants to check up on their landlords before signing a tenancy agreement. And quite right too! As...
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Labour MP plugs legislation hole to help tenants
As previously mentioned on this blog, tenants often get a raw deal when, unbeknown to them, their landlord has defaulted on his mortgage, putting them at risk of eviction. Tenants can be evicted with...
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HMO licensing in Cathays ward Cardiff
One of the stories which stood out for me when I looked through my various feeds and Google news headlines this morning was this one about an application for additional licensing in Cathay ward in...
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Two disrepair cases and one HSE prosecution
I have just received the excellent Legal Action Magazine, and have found three cases, which I hasten to share with you. HSE v. Hussain – Stafford Crown Court – 25 February 2009 This was a prosecution...
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Will the next 10 years be the decade of the rental?
Is the coming decade going to be the one where Britain becomes more like countries in Europe where renting is the norm? Several interesting reports online today consider this. An article in the FT...
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Two harassment and unlawful eviction damages cases
The January issues of Legal Action Magazine has two reports on harassment and unlawful eviction damages cases, which I thought might interest you. Note the massive damages in the second case! Odera v....
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Government makes new announcements on the Private Rented Sector
There has been a positive flurry of tweets and emails crossing my computer screen today, preceding and then following, the announcement from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Dept. about their...
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Notorious Norwich landlord may go to jail after tenant suffers 80% burns
Those of us living in Norwich who work in property, all know about Mr Mike Billings. He is one of the biggest landlords in Norwich, letting mainly to the lower end of the market, with properties of...
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The Advance Payment Scan – another internet scam to watch out for
We have written on the Landlord Law Blog about scammers before. Ben Reeve has kindly drawn my attention to this article on the BBC web-site which warns of yet another internet scam, the “advance fee...
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Notorious Norwich landlord has jail term slashed after payout
Many readers have been shocked by the case of Michael Billings, the landlord who regularly flouts heath and safety regulations and who was jailed on 7 May. The sentence related to the near death of...
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Five harassment and unlawful eviction cases
The excellent housing law section in Legal Action magazine has five cases reported this month on harassment and unlawful eviction. I summarise them below. 1. Fakhari v. Newman, Woolwich County Court,...
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