Shelter is urging councils to crack down on rogue landlords, claiming that complaints about serious and potentially life-threatening hazards, such as dangerous gas and electrics, have risen by 25% over the past two years. Having contacted every local authority in England to identify the scale of the problem, the housing charity discovered that there are [...]
rogue landlords
Rogue landlords surface in rental boom
Rogue landlords are taking advantage of the rental sector boom, Shelter warns. The housing charity is calling on the Government to give tenants more protection as the number of households privately renting hits 3.4 million. Shelter says it has seen a 23% increase in the number of tenants seeking help for problems with their landlord [...]
