Tag: Newham Council
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Local authorities are using selective licensing as a R...
Lots of councils see selective licensing schemes as a way of improving housing stock in the private rented sector (PRS) and work hard...
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Council threatens to take control of landlord properties
With the deadline approaching for its selective licensing scheme, a London council is threatening to take control of landlords’...
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Newham Council new Landlord Licensing – advice needed
If anyone is a current landlord in the borough of Newham please can you share your experience of council expectations of standard let...
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Private Rented Sector Licencing Debate
Richard Cubitt, a reader of Property118 has submitted the following summary of Private Rented Sector Licencing. In an email to the...
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Landlord licencing scheme boundaries released by Newham C...
Details of the highly controversial Landlord Licencing Scheme boundaries have been released by Newham Council. As of January 2013 it...
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HMO outrage for landlords & tenants – this tim...
We have received an anonymous tip off that could cause yet another HMO outrage and could be a disaster for both landlords and tenant...
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HMO landlord fined £5,500 for letting filthy home
The landlord of a filthy and overcrowded shared house was fined £5,500 after admitting 23 licensing and management offences to magistrates.