Forum Spotlight: Gaining possession when tenant has gone to prison

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A landlord posted on our Forum recently with a complex question relating to how he could gain possession of his property as his tenant had gone to prison. The landlord said that the tenant had been sent to prison for a minimum of three moths, and as well as this he is also in excess […]

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Selective Licensing to come into force THIS WEEK in Nottingham

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It is estimated that over 32,000 properties in Nottingham are set to come within the scope of selective licensing when a large new scheme comes into force in the city this week. From Wednesday 1st August 2018, landlords in many areas of Nottingham will be required to obtain a licence in order to rent out their […]

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Future Renting: Karen Buck confirmed as speaker

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Karen Buck, the MP who has tabled the Homes (Fitness) For Human Habitation Bill, has been confirmed as the latest speaker for our Future Renting conference in London this September. Karen, who is also an MP for the constituency of Westminster North, will take part in a panel discussion session entitled ‘Tenants as Consumers- the way […]

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‘Early Bird’ investment opportunities in Birmingham

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Birmingham is a really exciting city undergoing a massive transformation, not only for those who work and live there, but also for those who are savvy enough to invest early.

– Birmingham had the second fastest growing city centre population from 2002-2015

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Extension of mandatory HMO licensing: How is your council preparing?

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The RLA has written to Cheshire East Council seeking clarification over its recent changes in HMO Licence fees for local landlords, stating that they border on irrational and unlawful. Previously the council charged £575 for a 5-year HMO licence, which has now been replaced with a scale of fees and charges, ranging from £430 for […]

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I have started a petition on 38 Degrees

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We demand an urgent Government re-think on how a vibrant UK housing market can be encouraged and supported.

Government housing policy appears to be focused almost exclusively on helping first time buyers. However, the UK needs more housing of all tenures

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Where can landlords pay £1.85pw to Nottingham Licensing?

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Come on who’s telling you to write these letters below? A few tenants have asked Licensing for proof of where the Landlord can pay £1.85pw. We all know that’s codswallop and those landlords that talk to their tenants have told them the same.

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Council want to strangle the high street along with the PRS

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Every reader will be all too familiar with the carnage on our high streets. Major chains going under and shutters down across the land in Towns and cities everywhere. Without doubt retail is changing as a result of online shopping.

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Liverpool landlady receives prison sentence

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Unlawful Eviction:

Liverpool landlady, Violet Musoke, has been given a 3-month prison sentence for unlawful eviction and failing to respond to improvement notices for a flat she rented out.

Described as a “cruel, heartless and selfish� landlord, Musoke tried to force her long-term tenant, Dennis Adderley, 79, out of his home.

The daughters of the tenant, a vulnerable man, said she had orchestrated a cruel campaign of harassment along with other members of her family.

The disabled 79-year-old tenant who was suffering from cancer, requiring specialist equipment to live, was left living in an unsafe “barely habitable� property by his landlady Violet Musoke.

Mr Adderley’s flat in Picton Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, had a garden which was overrun with rats and had piles of rubbish strewn, while the flat’s interior was said to be damp, cold, riddled with dangerous electrics and non-existent fire safety measures.

Musoke was jailed for failing to respond properly to the council’s improvement notices as well as her protracted campaign of harassment against her tenant. She had tried to unlawfully evict Mr Adderley, a tenant of 34 years in the property, on a protected tenancy.

Protected our regulated tenancies are a throw-back to pre-shorthold tenancy days, when tenants had lifelong security of tenancy. The 1988 Housing Act introduced the Shorthold Tenancy, but did not repeal the older tenancies, many hundreds of which still exist.

According to the Liverpool Echo, Musoke’s harassment campaign culminated in a bizarre scene where landlady Musoke, and several of her family members, had duped their way into the flat and refused to leave. They even brought inflatable furniture and other furniture items with them.

The situation the flat was in was first brought to the attention of the council by the fire service. When the council officers inspected the flat they found a catalogue of health and safety issues, including:

• Floorboards missing from a second floor landing and second floor front bedroom.
• Inadequate and inappropriate fire detection and alarm system and emergency lighting.
• Front door key operated mortise which could potentially prevent a safe and rapid exit from building in the event of a fire.
• An unsafe electrical system missing a dedicated electricity consumer unit with no means of re-setting tripped fuses.
• Handrail is missing from rear yard steps.
• No effective loft insulation in the roof space.
• UPVC window frames missing handles and is allowing water penetration, damp and vegetation to grow on internal wall.
• Poorly sited cooker next to door increases the risk of scalds and burns.
• Bare timber floor kitchen surface which could not be easily cleaned.
• Rear entrance door is missing a suitable mortise lock.

Liverpool Magistrates Court were told that despite numerous warnings, Musoke remedied only one of the hazards listed and she continued to allow Mr Adderley to “live in squalor�.

Jailing Musoke for three months, and ordering her to pay £500 compensation to Mr Adderley, District Judge Andrew Shaw said:

“Dennis Adderley had brought his family up here – it was his home, his sanctuary and in recent years when his health has been seriously compromised, a place where he needed a peaceful environment.

“You allowed him to suffer, It was damp and cold – the property must have been barely habitable.

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