The Housing Ombudsman has released their latest report and surprise surprise, the biggest offenders for complaints about poor standards are about Social Providers!! Read it below. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKHOS/bulletins/3bf404a This seems to disprove the claims by all these councils that the bad properties are in the PRS and that is why they need Licensing. It is nothing to do with income generation!! If we look at Newcastle as an example they have had to rehouse at least 78 families from YHN properties for damp & mould and have referred two social providers for investigation! The number of PRS properties found to be substandard after 15 years of Licensing are negligible by comparison. Despite my investigations they are unable to provide any clear information that fees have only been spent on implementing the Licensing Schemes! Dont forget that Ed Foster will be at our meeting on Thursday 7th. Dont miss it and book your place while there is still some available!!

Durham Council are relaunching their Durham Landlord Partnership forums. The first meeting will be on Thursday 5 December at Ramside Hall Durham. Starts at 5pm and finishes around 8pm. They will have speakers covering a range of subjects including Renters Rights Bill, Selective Licensing update, Healthy Homes Damp and Mould There will also be Networking time As if that was not enough they will also have Stalls and exhibits from other key partners including GB Landlords! If you are interested in attending this event or would like to be included on their mailing list for future events then contact privaterentedhousing@durham.gov.uk. Don't forget that old saying "Knowledge is Power" and in these challenging times Landlords should take every opportunity to keep up to date with anything that may affect or help their business! That is why GB Landlords make every effort to either provide or be associated with, any events that will benefit Landlords. Hope to see as many of you as possible there! Also don't forget to share the details about the event with your friends as well so they don't miss out.

I’ve just received the email from Newcastle City Council stating selective licensing is to increase by over 50% from when I paid mine in 2022, upto £1,000! It was bad enough that once a licence was provided it wasn’t prorated, effectively I’ll have had mine for 3yrs come April 2025 & now they want another £1,000!! Are the council in attendance on 7th Nov to explain the rationale behind the increase, whilst explaining to landlords how the monies collected to date have been spent? Absolute disgrace IMHO!

Thank you very much 🙏 for adding me onto the group. I enjoyed the sessions & hope we can all work together as a team to learn, help & support each other, as the market is getting very competitive.

I have just been reading a report on Property118 that is highlighting an interview in the i that the Housing Minister has just done. In this he is suggesting that Landlords will not be able to discriminate against someone who is pregnant and wants a Tenancy with you! The fine will be £7000 for the first time and £40,000 for subsequent breaches. You will not find this in the RRB by all accounts either! I really dont understand why MP's keep finding reasons for Landlords to say enough is enough and sell up when they have no homes for these unfortunate homeless Tenants to move into! If as the news was predicting last night the Government are also going to allow 62,000 asylum seekers on the investigation list to stay to reduce the back log where will everyone get housed? Also will they be above British people on a Council waiting list? All I can say to Landlords at present is "be thankful you own your own house"! You might like to read the full article by using the link below. Property118 | CRUSADER: Why landlords must be wary of Labour’s ‘mission creep’ for the PRS - Property118