{"id":100404,"date":"2018-10-23T22:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T15:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/banned-but-still-in-business-law-fails-to-stop-rogue-landlords\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T23:03:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:03:27","slug":"banned-but-still-in-business-law-fails-to-stop-rogue-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/banned-but-still-in-business-law-fails-to-stop-rogue-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned but still in business: law fails to stop rogue landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBarred 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 \u2013 often funded by taxpayers via housing benefit \u2013 despite being convicted of housing offences and failing to pass the \u201cfit and proper\u201d person tests required by housing legislation in England and Wales, an investigation by the Guardian and ITV News has found. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Barred operators with housing convictions still renting out properties, Guardian and ITV investigation findsConvicted landlords...<\/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-100404","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-q7q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100452,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/government-policing-of-rogue-landlords-labelled-pathetic\/","url_meta":{"origin":100404,"position":0},"title":"Government policing of rogue landlords labelled 'pathetic'","date":"October 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r MPs hit out as Guardian and ITV News investigation shows convicted landlords exploit loopholes in lawThe government\u2019s efforts to police rogue landlords have been branded \u201cweak\u201d and \u201cpathetic\u201d after a Guardian and ITV News investigation found convicted landlords are continuing to operate by exploiting loopholes in the law that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100793,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-ask-for-clarity-on-plans-to-crack-down-on-rogue-landlords\/","url_meta":{"origin":100404,"position":1},"title":"MPs ask for clarity on plans to crack down on rogue landlords","date":"November 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Concerns raised after Guardian and ITV exposed unfit landlords still collecting rentThe chair of the Commons housing select committee has urged the government to give details of how it will crack down on rogue landlords, in the wake of an investigation by the Guardian and ITV.Clive Betts, the Labour\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100482,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-slumland-britain-a-housing-market-failure-editorial\/","url_meta":{"origin":100404,"position":2},"title":"The Guardian view on slumland Britain: a housing market failure | Editorial","date":"October 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ministers need to come up with their own ideas to tackle the housing crisis rather than just pinching Labour ones they have previously mocked. 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