{"id":105865,"date":"2019-04-07T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/councils-face-a-losing-battle-as-they-crack-down-on-rogue-agencies\/"},"modified":"2019-04-07T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T07:06:27","slug":"councils-face-a-losing-battle-as-they-crack-down-on-rogue-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/councils-face-a-losing-battle-as-they-crack-down-on-rogue-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Councils face a losing battle as they crack down on rogue agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDespite dawn raids and legal action, the number of unlicensed rentals in houses of multiple occupation continues to growIt was before sunrise on a wintry morning that we gathered on a street corner in north London \u2013 a clutch of council officials, two police officers and myself. At a signal, the officials hammered on the doors of two tatty maisonettes above a surgery and waved warrants at the bleary faces that appeared in the windows.This was a dawn raid on two of the myriad houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) being let without a licence in London and was part of a council crackdown on landlords and lettings agencies that flout the law to exploit tenants. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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