Authority to license all HMOs

Council to start licensing all HMOs

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

Licensed premises

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.

Council reveals plan to licence HMOs

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

Hybrid approach passively helps achieve 70% energy reduction in retrofit for the future

Innovative ventilation technology from Passivent is helping one social housing provider refurbish its homes to achieve a 70+% reduction in energy consumption.

Another law bites the dust

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

Get your Act together

With a host of legal acts coming into effect this year and next, Caroline Thorpe helps you to learn your lines so you can take to the housing stage with confidence

Going spare

The government’s contentious ‘bedroom tax’ on under-occupying tenants is set to become law this month. Alex Turner looks at the disproportionate effect it’s likely to have in the north

Colour charts

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

Wind of change

A host of new laws are set to change the landscape for Welsh social landlords. Michael Northcott reports