Student Council tax exemption – Proof required?

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Portsmouth Council are bugging me for details of my student tenants’ courses and student status. They claim I have to provide this as I am liable for the council tax.

I can do no more than provide them with the names of the tenant who are clearly ignoring the council’s request for information and proof of student status.

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FOI shows how little councils know about unlicensed HMOs

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Government plans to protect tenants from poor living conditions through the expansion of mandatory HMO licensing look set to fall way short of their ambition.

Figures obtained by Simple Landlords Insurance reveal the majority of local authorities don’t know how many unlicensed HMOs are in their area –

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Definite need for a Housing Court

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Fergus Wilson: “The following is an extract from a letter from my MP, Helen Whately, dated 16th November, 2018, followed by response dated 29th November 2018″

The extracts read:

I wrote to the Rt Hon David Gauke MP

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Tenant deposit cap is cut to 5 weeks by government!

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The government has now confirmed it will cut the maximum deposit for rentals of less than £50,000 from 6 weeks to a 5 week maximum.  The 6 week maximum will still apply for rentals over £50,000 per year.

This decision as part of the Tenant Fees Bill was criticised the day before by the RLA and NLA: Click here to see the article.

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Landlords would be badly let down if deposit cap cut to 5 weeks

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Landlords would be ‘badly let down’ by the government if it cuts its new deposit cap from six to five weeks  – a move which would also make it harder for people to find homes to rent.

A press report over the weekend claimed a reduction in the maximum level of security deposit landlords will be able to charge is now on the cards.

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Now it’s a different beast

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“When something gets a bad name it’s difficult for matters to be reversed – whether it’s a school, a street or a pub!

That’s how a lot of people see Equity Release.

You may remember that the product existed in the 1990s

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Another thing landlords are going to be blamed for?

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Tenants asked to pay to view properties.

According to the Victoria Derbyshire programme on BBC some letting agents have been asking prospective tenants to pay to view properties.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46111015

Is this another thing landlords are going to be blamed for?

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Thank you – We won the Property Investors Awards Website of the Year 2018

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Thank you so much to everyone that voted for Property118  for the Property Investors Website of the Year Award 2018 – We won as you might be able to tell from the picture.

Property118 is a community and is only deserving of an award because of its members

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National Landlords Alliance

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The National Landlords Alliance is a fledgling organisation and has just a few hundred members at the moment.

However, driven by controversial discussions on Social Media about the aims and the aggressive nature of its campaigning, the membership of the National Landlords Alliance is growing fast.

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Backdated Housing Benefit decision over 4 years ago!

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I have just received a letter from the Council dated 21 November 2018, advising me that a tenant’s Housing Benefit claim has been terminated with effect from 25 April 2014 – Yes, that’s right, 4 years 7 months ago!!!!!

How can it possibly take the Council 4 years 7 months to make a decision?

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