questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistency between local authorities in the application of financial penalties for landlords found to have serious hazards in their rented properties.
answerText: A new financial penalty of up to £7,000 for a failure to take reasonably practicable steps to remove a category 1 hazard came into force on 22 June. Statutory guidance on new financial penalties is included within revised Housing Health and Safety Rating ...
heading: Landlords: Fines