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January 2012
EHOs challenge deregulation plans – EHN Online, 19 January 2012
Seaside towns expect claimant influx - EHN Online, 11 January 2012
Decency standard 'needed' for private rented sector - EHN Online, 11 January 2012
November 2011
Record fine for landlord subjecting tenants to ‘inhumane’ living conditions – Luton Council online
Tenants call for more EHOs – EHN Online, 2 Nov 2011
October 2011
Renting on the rise as flexible alternative - NLA, 19 Oct 2011
Why it's time to test your smoke alarm - CLG, 17 Oct 2011
Neighbourhood Planning Regulations consultation – CLG, 13 October 2011
UK renters worse off - EHN Online, 13 Oct 2011
Newham may license all landlords - EHN Online, 5 Oct 2011
September 2011
Council takes over unlicensed house in multiple occupation - Denbighshire Council, 20 Sept 2011
Landlord prosecuted for bogus tenant claims - Landlord Accreditation Wales, 14 Sept 2011
Rogue landlord warning - EHN, 28 September 2011
High cost of poor housing - EHN, 2 September 2011
Landlord admits repairs 'disaster' - EHN, 2 September 2011
August 2011
Welsh landlord sent to prison for being a loan shark - Landlord Accreditation Wales, 16 Aug 2011
CIEH lobbies for higher energy efficiency - EHN, 12 August 2011
HMO landlords fined for ignoring fire risk - EHN, 12 August 2011
Manchester landlord fined - EHN, 5 August 2011
Colin Charvis' £1,450 fine for property licence failures - thisissouthwales.co.uk 6 August 2011
Ex-Wales rugby player in bother over rented homes - thisissouthwales.co.uk 6 August 2011
July 2011
Housing co-ops: one way to find an affordable home - guardian.co.uk, 29 July 2011
Housing crisis - EHN Editorial, 29 July 2011
Fuel poverty hits one in five - EHN, 29 July 2011
HMO landlord puts tenants at fire risk - EHN, 29 July 2011
Diary of a tenant: trying to move on - guardian.co.uk, 25 July 2011
Housing benefit cuts: the return of the Bed and Breakfast family - guardian.co.uk, 22 July 2011
Swansea landlord prosecuted by Council – Swansea Council, 21 July 2011
Landlord's court date as council acts on rentals - South Wales Evening Post, 20 July 2011
Crisis wins concession to 'pernicious' housing benefit cut - Crisis, 19 July 2011
Homeless figures 'set to rise' - EHN, 15 July 2011
1 in 4 London children overcrowded - Shelter, 14 July 2011
NLA appoints Chief Executive Officer - NLA, 14 July 2011
How do we solve the north's housing crisis - guardian.co.uk, 8 July 2011
Cuts warning to councils: don't ignore homelessness - guardian.co.uk, 6 July 2011
Slum landlords are back in Britain - guardian.co.uk, 5 July 2011
Criminalising squatting will merely make the matter worse - guardian.co.uk, 4 July 2011
June 2011
Councillors' housing benefit fears - Shelter, 29 June 2011
Fire safety champion for landlords – EHN, 23 June 2011
Landlord put tenant’s life at risk – EHN, 23 June 2011
Websites target empty homes – EHN, 3 June 2011
Tribunal criticised on affordable heating – EHN, 3 June 2011
May
Landlord face insulation rules – EHN, 20 May 2011
April 2011
Crackdown on rogue landlords – EHN, 29 April 2011
Make letting cold homes illegal – EHN, 22 April 2011
Landlord risks lives – EHN, 14 April 2011
Licensing changes for houses of multiple occupation – North Devon Council
Landlord rents fire risk home – EHN, 7 April 2011
Tenants’ help requests increase – EHN, 7 April 2011
House plans ‘must stay local’ – EHN, 7 April 2011
Running on empty – EHN, 7 April 2011
Call for electrical safety – EHN, 1 April 2011
Crowded HMO leads to fine – EHN, 1 April 2011
March 2011
NLA responds to Stamp Duty Land Tax changes announced in Budget – NLA, 23 March 2011
February 2011
Watchdog calls for landlord rating website – Inside Housing, 28 February 2011
Private landlords to lower rents – Inside Housing, 18 February 2011
Third of tenants face underoccupancy cut – Inside Housing, 18 February 2011
Fire sprinklers compulsory for all new homes in Wales – BBC News. 15 February 2011
Landlords unite to victory over Southwark Council room sizes – London Housing News, 14 February 2011
EHN Editorial, 11 February 2011
HMOs bring problems and solutions to the English coast – guardian.co.uk, 4 February 2011
Artlcle 4 Planning direction – Portsmouth City Council, 31 January 2011
Council wins right to contest HMO planning change – Milton Keynes Council, 20 January 2011
What’s wrong with raising the expectations of housing tenants? – guardian.co.uk, 13 January 2011
Swansea landlord fined more than £7,000 - This is South Wales, 7 February 2011
January 2011
'Neighbours from hell’ could be driven into private sector – EHN, 20 January 2011
Restaurant owner responsible for substandard housing – EHN, 20 January 2011
Out in the cold – EHN, 14 January 2011
Landlord convicted of illegal eviction – EHN, 14 January 2011
NLA Landlord Accreditation – January 2011
November 2010
Landlord jailed for unlawful eviction – Oxford City Council, November 2010
Landlord prosecuted for letting sub-standard property – EHN, 26 November 2010
Sign protocol says CIEH - EHN, 19 Nov 2010
Rogue landlord fined more than £60,000 - Reading BC, 5 November 2010
Tenants left vulnerable - EHN, 5 November 2010
Rogue landlords 'pocket £3.5bn' - EHN, 5 November 2010
Landlord fined for letting unsafe Weymouth flat - Dorset Echo, 13 October 2010
October 2010
Man arrested after fatal Hornsey fire - Haringey Independent, 26 October 2010
Fire safety failings in high rise flats revealed by BBC - info4fire.com, 25 October 2010
Housing benefit going to bad landlords - BBC Panorama, 25 October 2010
HMO landlord failed over alarms - EHN, 22 October 2010
Islington flat fire - London Fire Brigade, 21 October 2010
Selective licensing of landlords fails tenants - EHN, 15 October 2010
Information on HMOs – Royal Town Planning Institute, 14 October 2010
HMOs and the Use Classes Order – House of Commons Library, 11 October 2010
Leeds landlord fined £3,000 over licence – Yorkshire Evening Post, 5 October 2010
September 2010
Leeds City Council prosecution update - September 2010
Fire alarm failure lands Headingley landlord with £14,000 bill - Leeds City Council
Landlord receives hefty fine for not installing fire alarm - Leeds City Council
Changing face of student digs – BBC News, 21 September 2010
‘Buy to let mortgage holders may benefit from education, says NLA’ – Money News, 14 September 2010
‘1m victims of landlord scams’ – Shelter, 13 September 2010
‘Bradford councillor resigns over prosecution’ – EHN, 10 September 2010
‘Newquay landlord penalised for hazardous HMO’ – EHN, 10 September 2010
‘Rogue landlords exposed’ – Shelter, 8 September 2010
August 2010
Architect HMO landlord fined – EHN, 20 August 2010
Property landlord fined over £10,000 – Swansea Council, 10 August 2010
July 2010
Bedbug battle - EHN, 30 July 2010
New Gumtree scam comes to light - NLA, 29 July 2010
New radon targets - EHN, 23 July 2010
Bristol may take charge of HMOs from unfit licensee - EHN, 16 July 2010
Landlord fined £40k over state of houses - this is Bristol, 12 June 2010
LACORS has a new name: from 6 July 2010, LACORS' name and brand has changed to Local Government Regulation (LG Regulation). Their website is now www.local.gov.uk/regulation and is in the process of being re-branded and improved and will re-launch later in the summer with a new look and added functionality. The new general contact email address for the Private Sector Housing Team is housing@local.gov.uk.
Rise in court cases - Bradford Telegraph and Argus, 9th July 2010
June 2010
Rogue landlord forced to repay £7,500 to council - Birmingham City Council, 28th June 2010
Councils to manage shared homes in their areas – CLG, 17 June 2010
NLA welcomes Government re-think on draconian shared housing rules - 17 June 2010
Landlord regulation proposals scrapped - The Guardian, 10 June 2010
May 2010
NLA Accreditation: First stage of national roll out launched - 25 May 2010
HMO landlord puts tenants in danger - EHN, 21 May 2010
Swansea prosecutes HMOs - EHN, 14 May 2010
New homes fall - EHN, 14 May 2010
April 2010
'Illegal HMO over restaurant' - EHN, 2 April 2010
'Vulnerable let down on housing' - EHN, 9 April 2010
'House owners ignored notices' - EHN, 10 April 2010
'Landlord flouted licensing rules' - EHN, 10 April 2010
'Councils get more powers over landlords' - EHN, 23 April 2010
'CIEH welcomes homes pledge' - EHN, 23 April 2010
'Let's trust each other' - EHN, 23 April 2010
'Labour's housing promises' - EHN, 30 April 2010
'Missing alarms lead to prosecution' - EHN, 30 April 2010
March 2010
House of Horror - EHN, 12 March 2010
Gas man's jail threat - EHN, 12 March 2010
The Price of Health - EHN, 12 March 2010
Elephant in the room - EHN, 12 March 2010
From the editor - Issue 5 - EHN, 12 March 2010
MPs 'must protect health of vulnerable' - EHN, 12 March 2010
Invest more in decent homes - EHN, 12 March 2010
London housing plan - EHN, 5 March 2010
February 2010
Tenants forced to live in 'building site' - EHN, 26 February 2010
Council takes over running of HMO - EHN, 26 February 2010
Rugg review - summary of responses - CLG, February 2010
Investment in the UK private rented sector - HM Treasury, February 2010
Government plans for rental market remain unworkable - NLA, 3 February 2010
Government help for private tenants - CLG, 3 February 2010
January 2010
Bid to tackle Leeds' student 'ghettos' - Yorkshire Evening Post, 29 January 2010
Government ignores opposition with HMO crackdown - Propertytalk Live!, 29 January 2010
Problem shared - Inside Housing, 28 January 2010
Moves to curb 'student ghettoes' - Telegraph, 28 January 2010
Bid to relax rules to help struggling B&Bs - South Devon Herald Express, 28 January 2010
Speaking the same language - EHN, 29 January 2010
Landlords let homes without a licence - EHN, 29 January 2010
Evaluation of the Impact of HMO Licensing and Selective Licensing - CLG, 27 January 2010
Consultation on General consents for licensing schemes - CLG 27 January 2010
A guide to Licensing and Management (draft) - CLG 27 January 2010
Tower blocks to go on national register - EHN, 15 January 2010