A councillor has called for more local authorities to follow Merton’s lead and strip rogue landlords of their properties.
A leading businessman has entered the political fray with a book in which he lays out his ideas on how to solve the housing crisis including planning and rental market reform.
Total fines for London’s rogue landlords and agents have topped £10 million since the rogue landlord database launched in 2017.
A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £9,000 for ignoring notices to improve his dangerous property.
A landlord in Peterborough is to pay a £4,800 fine after ignoring a prohibition order preventing him from renting out a ‘sheds with beds’ property at the rear of his garden.
A landlord who allowed cannabis farms to operate in 17 of his 72 properties as part of a multi-million-pound drugs operation has been jailed for 11 years.
Liverpool City Council has launched a new taskforce to go after criminal landlords who exploit vulnerable tenants.
A landlord has been ordered to fork out more than £47,000 for failing to licence his eight rental properties, after ignoring numerous written and verbal warnings.
