Housing · 27 February 2020
A Liverpool landlord has been hit with a fine of almost £50,000 for failing to license properties which were rented by students. Trophy Homes Limited, based on Sandown Lane in Wavertree, failed to license nine properties, five of which were Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO’s). They included homes on Scotland Road, Durning Road, Wellington Avenue
Community · 27 February 2020
The number of people sleeping rough on the streets of Liverpool has remained broadly stable, new figures show. Official, independently verified Government figures out this morning (27 Feb) show 17 people were sleeping on city centre streets on November 13, 2019 – the night of the annual rough sleeper count. The count acts as a
Housing · 24 February 2020
A Liverpool landlord has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 for allowing a tenant to live in a dangerous, unlicensed property. John William Kildare, of Eldred Road in Childwall, failed to comply with an Improvement Notice issued by Liverpool City Council, as well as failing to apply for a licence. The house, on
Housing · 13 January 2020
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson is writing to the Government expressing grave concerns over its decision to reject an application to continue its pioneering landlord licensing scheme. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has turned down an application to keep the citywide scheme going for five years from April 2020 – despite it being backed by Merseyside
News · 7 January 2020
A LANDLORD has been judged to be ‘not good enough’ for operating an unlicensed property and ignoring Liverpool City Council’s requests for information. 79th Luxury Living (Lilley) Limited, based in Southport, was charged with failing to license 12 Cromarty Road in Old Swan in contravention of the 2004 Housing Act. The company was also charged
Community · 13 December 2019
A company has been labelled ‘foolish’ and ‘negligent’ by a judge and hit with costs totalling more than £11,000 for failing to license a huge portfolio of properties in Liverpool. Roach Estates and Property Management Limited of Duke Street in Southport was charged with failing to license 29 properties as part of the city’s Landlord
Housing · 2 December 2019
Liverpool City Council has set out a timetable to transform a former landfill site that once formed part of the International Garden Festival celebrations in 1984 into a ‘green community.
Community Safety · 8 November 2019
A Liverpool landlord’s been hit with a bill of more than £2,500 – after being found guilty by magistrates of managing an unlicensed property ridden with defects that had never had a gas safety inspection. Ahmed Kayse Ahmed – of Norwich Road in Wavertree – was charged with failing to license a property under Section
Community · 5 October 2019
Kobalt and the Choir with No Name (CWNN) – a UK charity running choirs for homeless and marginalised people – are releasing a very special version of ‘This Is Me’, to coincide with World Homeless Day on 10 October 2019. The Choir with No Name currently run choirs in four cities in England, including Liverpool,
Development · 24 September 2019
Developer Elliot Group has completed the refurbishment of a listed Georgian terrace in Liverpool’s Canning neighbourhood following a blueprint agreed with Liverpool City Council. The nine properties, which form an L-shape along Percy Street and Upper Parliament Street, had remained empty since 2008 when they were last occupied as bedsits. After an open-market bidding process
Housing · 21 August 2019
An unlicensed landlord has been fined £12,422 for renting out properties that posed a risk to the health of his tenants. Yesterday (Tuesday 20 August), Barry Matthews from Moss Nook in Burscough, pleaded guilty to operating seven unlicensed properties. As part of an investigation by the Landlord Licensing Team, one of the properties, located in
Consumer Protection · 12 July 2019
Liverpool City Council is set to submit a bid to the Government to extend its pioneering landlord licensing scheme for another five years.
Housing · 21 June 2019
Liverpool – the city which built the first council houses in Europe 150 years ago – has been given the green light to construct a new generation of local authority homes for the 21st century. The Government has confirmed that the local authority can build properties for the first time in more than 30 years,
Consumer Protection · 9 May 2019
Central heating is to be fitted in 500 of the coldest homes in Liverpool.
Housing · 18 March 2019
Liverpool City Council is joining forces with local authorities across Merseyside and Cheshire to host a free ‘Empty Homes Event’.
Business · 5 March 2019
Liverpool City Council is launching a public consultation today on a five year extension to its pioneering landlord licensing scheme set to be introduced on 1st April 2020. To run for the next 12 weeks, the consultation aims to garner views on a range of topics including the cost of the licence, the conditions and
Housing · 22 February 2019
One of Liverpool’s largest property managers has been fined more than £10,000 for allowing student tenants to live in a rat-infested property which also had a host of fire hazards.
Housing · 15 February 2019
Liverpool City Council and Foundation Homes are looking for contractors to work on a four year long housing framework worth up to £60million.
Community Safety · 11 February 2019
A landlord has been hit with an £11,000 fine for housing a family of four in an unlicensed property which was in such poor condition it had to be shut down.
Community Safety · 6 February 2019
Liverpool City Council is set to begin consultation on continuing its pioneering Landlord Licensing scheme for another five years.
