Liverpool aims to stem rise of HMOs
Liverpool City Council has taken the first step in a bid to reduce the rising number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) across the city.
Housing
Funding to help rough sleepers into new accommodation
Liverpool has successfully bid for £745,000 from the Government to help rough sleepers housed during the pandemic into permanent accommodation. The funding, from the ‘Everyone In’ programme, will be used by the council to support with securing tenancies and providing vulnerable people with household items to settle them into their new homes. Councillor Paul Brant, … Read more
Evaluation highlights landlord licensing successes
An evaluation of Liverpool City Council’s five-year landlord licensing scheme shows it dealt with almost 24,000 complaints of which 96 per cent were resolved. The report is being considered by the council’s Housing Select Committee on Wednesday 19 August, and comes as a consultation is under way on a successor scheme which would cover 80 … Read more
Landlord Licensing consultation – your questions answered
Liverpool City Council is conducting a public consultation over its proposals to introduce a new landlord licensing scheme – known under legislation as ‘Selective Licensing’. Different proposals are being consulted on covering up to 16 (out of 30) council wards. If approved by the Government, the preferred scheme is expected to start in June 2021 … Read more
Consultation under way on ‘life-saving’ landlord licensing proposal
CONSULTATION gets under way today on a comprehensive landlord licensing scheme which would cover around 80 per cent of privately rented properties in Liverpool. In January, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick turned down an application to keep the citywide scheme going from April 2020, claiming the council did not provide robust evidence to show low housing … Read more
Liverpool’s new era of council housing delivery takes next step
Liverpool City Council is to revamp its housing team to deliver a new generation of council houses.
Consultation on fresh landlord licensing scheme
Liverpool is set to start consulting on a comprehensive landlord licensing scheme which would cover around 80 per cent of privately rented properties in the city. In January, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick turned down an application to keep the citywide scheme going from April 2020, claiming the council did not provide robust evidence to show … Read more
Mayor’s reflections of a decade in office
On 6 May 2010, Joe Anderson became leader of Liverpool City Council. Here, the Mayor reflects on 10 years in charge… It feels a world away, while we deal with the impact of the Coronavirus, but it is worth looking back on how the decisions we made over the last ten years will prepare us … Read more
Liverpool to challenge Government’s Landlord Licensing ruling
Liverpool City Council is to apply for a Judicial Review of the government’s decision not to renew its life-saving Landlord Licensing scheme.
Housing standards pledge as licensing scheme ends
Housing chiefs in Liverpool are pledging to continue taking action against poor standards in the private rented sector – despite the city’s pioneering Landlord Licensing scheme coming to an end. For the past five years, all property owners, landlords and managing agents have been legally required to licence any property unless a statutory exemption applied … Read more
Unlicensed landlord hit with £50k bill
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 … Read more
Rough sleeper figures remain stable in Liverpool
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 … Read more
Landlord fined for dangerous property
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 … Read more
Mayor of Liverpool raises grave concerns over Landlord Licensing decision
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 … Read more
Landlord branded ‘not good enough’ for operating unlicensed property
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 … Read more
‘Foolish’ and ‘negligent’ landlord hit with substantial fine
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 … Read more
Key milestones set out for Mersey waterfront development
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.
Landlord fined for letting house that was “danger to life”
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 … Read more
Homeless choirs to release single on World Homelessness Day
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, … Read more
Elliot Group completes restoration of listed Georgian terrace
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 … Read more