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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

Rents dip as landlords avoid empty properties over Christmas but prices still up 3.5% this year - This is Money.co.uk, 16 December 2011

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

Government's 'affordable rent' policy could halve supply of 'affordable' homes in London - 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

England's housing market - how many of us own, rent or have a mortgage - 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

Relaxation of planning rules for change of use from commercial to residential: Consultation – Communities and Local Government, 8 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

Landlords fined for failing to maintain Swansea properties – City & County of Swansea, 22 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

Landlords urge government to keep pre-election promise on housing benefit - British Property Federation, 30 Nov 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

Amendments to the planning rules for houses in multiple occupation in England – CLG, 7 September 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

Buy to let investors are crucial part of UK's future housing needs says BPF - Residential Landlord, 29 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

Local powers for councils to protect communities and improve standards in the private rented sector - CLG 27 January 2010

Houses in multiple occupation and possible planning responses: consultation - summary of responses - CLG 27 January 2010

Tower blocks to go on national register - EHN, 15 January 2010