{"id":100398,"date":"2018-10-23T23:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-rogue-landlords-loopholes-how-the-law-fails-renters\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T23:03:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:03:21","slug":"the-rogue-landlords-loopholes-how-the-law-fails-renters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-rogue-landlords-loopholes-how-the-law-fails-renters\/","title":{"rendered":"The rogue landlord's loopholes: how the law fails renters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMeasures to stop poor property management are patchy and confusingThe legislation designed to catch rogue landlords is vast and very complex.Landlords can be prosecuted under various pieces of law, including the Housing Act (2004), the Protection from Eviction Act (1977), the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (2005). Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Measures to stop poor property management are patchy and confusingThe legislation designed to catch rogue...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-q7k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100518,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bleak-state-of-britains-private-rented-sector-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":100398,"position":0},"title":"Bleak state of Britain\u2019s private rented sector | Letters","date":"October 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Guardian readers respond to our investigation into rogue landlords and private rented housing conditionsWe really appreciate the Guardian\u2019s exposure of the conditions that so many private tenants endure, and the weaknesses in legislation that allow the worst landlords to continue to rent, despite repeated prosecutions (Banned but still in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100404,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/banned-but-still-in-business-law-fails-to-stop-rogue-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":100398,"position":1},"title":"Banned but still in business: law fails to stop rogue landlords","date":"October 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Barred operators with housing convictions still renting out properties, Guardian and ITV investigation findsConvicted landlords who have been ruled unfit to rent out their properties are continuing to operate by exploiting loopholes in the law that is supposed to protect the most vulnerable tenants.The rogue owners are collecting rents\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":165168,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-rogue-landlords-past-failures-do-not-augur-well-for-the-new-era-editorial-of-renters-rights\/","url_meta":{"origin":100398,"position":2},"title":"The Guardian view on rogue landlords: past failures do not augur well for the new era | Editorial of renters\u2019 rights","date":"November 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r If the promise of a better private rental sector is to be realised, councils will need new staff as well as stricter rulesTenants need rights. 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