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Category: Newham Social Cleansing

Newham Antisocial Behaviour and Private Landlords

January 22, 2014 David Lawrenson

Was Newham Council’s all borough landlord licensing scheme justified and was there really clear statistical evidence of a higher level of antisocial behaviour in the private rented sector, asks David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com I shared a platform with the London Borough of Newham at a Chartered Institute of Housing (London region) event yesterday – which over 100 delegates attended. The […]

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Selective Licensing and Buy to Let

December 18, 2012 David Lawrenson

If you have read my recent posts and seen me quoted on the net, you will know that I recently published a blog highlighting that some lenders, (including a state owned bank), still have in place restrictions, within their buy to let mortgage terms and conditions, which prohibit private landlords letting to tenants who are on housing benefit (or “DWP” […]

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  • Buy to Let Mortgage Regulation
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  • Local Housing Allowance
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Selective Licensing of Private Landlords

May 14, 2012 David Lawrenson

Will borough-wide selective licensing of all landlords succeed in dealing with antisocial tenants? And will it be cost effective? David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com looks at the issues. Back in 2004, selective and additional licensing of landlords was designed asĀ  tools to help deal with “low housing demand” and pockets of antisocial behaviour by tenants in the private rented sector. The […]

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  • Housing Strategy
  • Housing Strategy and the PRS
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  • Newham
  • Newham Social Cleansing
  • Selective Licensing

Newham Council and Social Cleansing

April 24, 2012 David Lawrenson

Newham Council is looking into sending families to other parts of the country because they say they cannot house them in the borough. Private Rented Sector expert David Lawrenson says the issue would not arise if the government made Local Housing Allowance work better. But Newham may make matters worse locally because of its proposed local licensing scheme for all […]

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  • Selective Licensing

About David Lawrenson

I'm David Lawrenson, owner of property consultancy, LettingFocus.com and Tenants-Renting-Guide.com. I'm author of the UK's highest selling property and buy to let book as well as fitting in being a landlord, a buy to let expert and media commentator, property writer, public speaker and landlord blogger. However, our main work is now our consultancy. We help a range of organisations - from banks to local authorities - develop or improve their buy to let and landlord facing products and services. We also help them develop their strategy towards the private rented sector. In addition to our work with organisations, I also find a little time to help private investors and landlords as a property advisor and mentor.

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