The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has hailed a major milestone in his efforts to ‘name and shame’ the capital’s unscrupulous landlords and letting agents with all 33 London local authorities signing up to his online database.
This comes as the Mayor also published his London Housing Strategy, which sets out his approach to tackling London’s housing crisis. The strategy will be considered by the London Assembly at its next meeting.
Among the entries now included on the Mayor’s Rogue Landlords and Letting Agents Checker is a high street estate agent chain which was fined a record £35,000 following a prosecution brought by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets1 after it failed to provide the council with the correct documentation – including gas and fire safety – for a rental property in Whitechapel.
- The Mayor’s Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker is available here: www.london.gov.uk/rogue-landlord-checker.
