35,000 HMOs still unlicensed

Landlord fined for renting unsafe property

A landlord who flouted fire safety rules while renting out an unlicensed home has been fined following an investigation by housing officers.

Landlord ordered to repay tenants’ rent

The owners and managers of an unlicensed house in multiple occupation have been ordered to repay rent to tenants.

Council to start licensing all HMOs

A council will begin licensing every house in multiple occupation from the end of this month.

Council reveals plan to licence HMOs

Brighton and Hove Council is planning to licence houses in multiple occupation to improve neighbourhoods.

Licensed premises

Colour charts

As voters across England, Scotland and Wales prepare to go to the polls, we assess the key battlegrounds for housing

Not a sticking plaster

Efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour can seem like fire fighting. It’s expensive to take a more comprehensive and long-term approach by working with a single family to get to the root of their problems. But, as Tony Powell, executive director of neighbourhoods at New Charter Housing Trust, explains, the effect can be transformative.

Casting the net for a home

A website aimed solely at local housing allowance claimants is helping people find homes. Lydia Stockdale logs on

No magic solution

Proposals to make it easier to evict anti-social tenants are unlikely to work, says Angela Jack, barrister at Five Paper

Another law bites the dust

EU rules are forcing a rethink on asbestos regulations, says Claire Gregory, associate at Brabners Chaffe Street