Kate Faulkner from Designs on Property
My second ‘Notable Property Person‘ is Kate Faulkner, a well known property person, particularly for her books for the consumer organisation, Which and her association with Channel 4. Here are her answers to our questions:
1. Please introduce yourself. Say a bit about yourself and your company
I live and breathe property [...]
Tag Archive: licensing
Kate Faulkner – Notable Property Persons in their own words
Great articles in the current issue of Roof – the housing magazine from Shelter
Two years ago I did a review of Roof Magazine on my Landlord Law site, where I said how good it was. I have just finished reading the January / February 2010 issue, and have decided I need to write about it again. It really is excellent, this issue in particular. For [...]
Are more Local Authorities applying for extra licensing?
The HMO regulations and mandatory licensing was introduced a few years ago now (April 2006) so Councils have had a while to get used to it. It looks like we are beginning to see more Local Authorities applying for extra licensing, for example the HMO licensing in Cathays Ward in Cardiff which I posted on [...]
Shoddy HMOs? Don’t blame the law, blame the enforcers
A recent article on the BBC news site, complains that landlords are avoiding the HMO licensing regulations by developing HMOs in buildings which do not come within the categories which require licensing, which in most cases requires a building to have three or more stories. Hence, the article implies, landlords are able to get [...]
HMO Landlords fined in Manchester
More and more landlords and agents are being prosecuted under the HMO licensing regulations. For example, a report in the Sikh Daily Times mentions two cases under the HMO legislation in Manchester.
In cases heard 20 July 2009 at Leeds Magistrates Court, a landlord, Mrs Ghamar Gill, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay costs [...]
Landlord licensing and agent regulation – impact assessments now published
Those interested in the governments consultation paper issued in response to the Rugg Report, will also be interested in the impact assessments which have now been published by the Department for Communities ands Local Government .
Impact assessment for regulation of Landlords
This is available to download from here. This shows that there are two options [...]
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HMO licensing in Cathays ward Cardiff
One of the stories which stood out for me when I looked through my various feeds and Google news headlines this morning was this one about an application for additional licensing in Cathay ward in Cardiff, Wales.
As regular readers of this blog will remember, mandatory licensing for the larger HMO properties was introduced by the [...]
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