A mandatory licence is already needed for HMOs with five or more people from two or more households. The additional rules ...

Hello, I have been using an agent to let out a property as a four bed HMO so not needing a licence. However, last September ...

Brent Council is introducing a new HMO licensing scheme for landlords and a Council Tax premium on second homes at the same ...

A landlord triumphs in tribunal, avoids a £29,000 rent repayment order after tenants’ baseless claims were dismissed due to council errors.

Both Laib Property Investment Limited and Mr Laib were found guilty in their absence at Merthyr Magistrates Court of operating an unlicensed HMO which required licensing. Mr Laib and Laib Property ...

A housing association which let out an unlicensed Bridgeton flat has been given a severe warning over what “could have been ...

The number of licensing schemes lined up to launch this year has already surpassed last year’s total, as councils continue to put the financial squeeze on landlords.

Brent Council is running a consultation on plans to introduce a borough-wide HMO licensing scheme that would come into force in autumn of this year. If approved, the council would extend a previous ...