Doing the research for an article for my website today, I read for the first time the new HMO Management Regulations, which I mentioned briefly in a previous post. It looks like life is going to get … [Read more...]
ASBOs made against anti-social landlords
Local authorities and the police are starting to get tough against bad landlords. In Manchester an ASBO was made against landlord Mansha Shaheen in November 2005 preventing him from using or … [Read more...]
HHSRS guidance published late
I read in the excellent Legal Action magazine that the government is late in publishing guidance to Local Authorities on the new Housing Health and Safety Rating System ("HHSRS"), which comes into … [Read more...]
Tie the Judge down with a mandatory ground
I always say that you should only ever apply for a possession order if you have a mandatory ground, but it is only when you see what can happen if you don't, that you realise how very important it … [Read more...]
Rent review clauses – be careful, be very careful …
Landlords, be very careful when increasing rent using a rent review clause in your tenancy agreement. Registered Social Landlord Riverside came a cropper a while back when tenants challenged the … [Read more...]
Small landlords dominate PRS
Reading an article in the Landlord press, I was interested to see that the median number of properties owned by private residential landlords is 4, and that some 30% have just a single property. The … [Read more...]