Tag Archive: rogue landlords

Landlord demands rent up front and threatens eviction

flats

This is a worrying blog clinic query from Levi, who is a tenant I have been renting my room from my landlord for 4 weeks now (this is a pay weekly room).  I have completed all of my payments, however this afternoon at about 4pm my landlord came round demanding 8 weeks / 2 months…

Bad landlords – three successful prosecutions

Bristol Magistrates Court

Reporting on three court cases where landlords were successfully prosecuted by their local authority.

Ben Reeve Lewis Friday column

Ben on a chair

Ben sets out his manifesto for housing

Ben Reeve Lewis’ Friday Newsround #15

Ben on a chair

Ben wonders why everyone thinks prosecutions are the only answer

Landlords from hell on Channel four

More houses

Looking at the Dispatches program fronted by Jon Snow which looked at slum landlords in this country

On squatter landlords and other legal lettings

House with red door

Is a tenancy illegal if the landlord does not own the property? I get asked this sometimes by tenants who get very suspicious if they do a search at the Land Registry and find that their landlord is not given as the owner. Or if they see that the landlord is a joint owner and…

Tenants in the firing line #2

A small dog

Tenant A – being evicted because of his dog I received this email from tenant  A the other day, and he kindly allowed me to publish it.  This sort of thing does not put our country in a good light: I have just relocated to London from the US. I found a property through an…