Wednesday 12th December 2018

Housing

Councils defend landlord prosecution rates

Katie Coyne06/12/2018 - 14:08

Councils have hit back at ‘nonsense’ claims that housing licensing schemes don’t improve standards and simply penalise good landlords, and also defended the use of civil penalty powers.

Councils defend landlord prosecution rates

Katie Coyne06/12/2018 - 14:08

Councils have hit back at ‘nonsense’ claims that housing licensing schemes don’t improve standards and simply penalise good landlords, and also defended the use of civil penalty powers.

Cold homes deaths ‘are preventable’

Katie Coyne06/12/2018 - 13:57

A more coherent strategy covering both owner-occupied and rented housing is needed to tackle the rising number of winter deaths, a CIEH spokesperson has said.