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EXCLUSIVE: London councils have fined landlords £4.5 million since rogue database went live

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Figures from licensing consultancy shown to LandlordZONE reveal the staggering level of fines paid by rogue landlords in the capital.

Landlords and other property
managers in the Capital have been fined a total of £4.5 million since the Mayor
of London’s ‘name and shame’ rogue database was established three and a half
years ago, LandlordZONE can reveal.

The figures, which also show
an average fine of £12,857, come from London-based property licensing compliance
consultancy Kamma
Data, which tracks the fines levied on individuals and companies
mentioned in the register.

“Approximately 70% of these fines
relate to the Selective Licensing schemes being operated within London,” says
its CEO Orla Shields.

A look through the Mayor of
London’s register, which is backed by the NLA, Generation Rent, Shelter and
eight London councils, reveals that landlords are fined for a wide variety of
reasons.

These include failing to
provide council enforcement officers with information or documentation about a property,
HMO management and licensing offences and operating an unlicensed premise.

The database covers both criminal
and civil penalties and includes three elements; a public database for tenants
to check a prospective landlord to see if they have ever been prosecuted or
fined, a private database for councils to share more detailed information on
landlords, and a tool that enables tenants to report problem landlords.

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