

A judge has massively increased the fines given to two HMO landlords who have failed in a legal challenge against their sentence.
A landlord in Colchester has been handed a £5,000 civil penalty notice for failing to license his unsafe HMO.
A landlord and his wife are to pay a total of some £141,000 in fines and costs after failings at their HMO.
A council in London has taken the unusual step of banning a woman from renting homes in the private sector for three years after she illegally sub-let a property in a case that is one of the worst LandlordZONE has ever reported on.
A rogue landlord who was fined £34,640 for having eight unlicensed HMOs has failed in an attempt to have his conviction overturned.
A rogue landlord who ignored multiple planning enforcement notices has been ordered to pay more than £25,000.
An HMO landlord who added another storey on his property to squeeze in more tenants has been ordered to pay £26,535 for breaching numerous safety rules.