Quarter of landlords fail to fit homes with working smoke alarms
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Tenants living in dangerous conditions A survey of landlords has found that hundreds of thousands of tenants are living in unsafe housing with missing smoke or carbon monoxide alarms as landlords aren’t meeting obligations on repairs that they are responsible for. The data, collected by ComRes on behalf of Citizens Advice, found that a quarter
Delayed safety improvements for 19-storey building
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Tenants concerned Work to maintain and service fire alarms at a high-rise building in Margate, Kent, is being delayed further, despite an enforcement notice being handed to the landlord. The enforcement notice was handed to the landlord of Arlington House by Kent Fire and Rescue Service, letting them know that serious improvements needed to be
Care home owner guilty of fire safety breaches
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Follows the death of two residents The owner of the Newgrange Care Home in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire has pleaded guilty to five offences against fire safety legislation after two of the residents died in a fire. Newgrange of Cheshunt Ltd was fined £175,000 concurrent and ordered to pay a £170 victim surcharge, plus prosecution costs. The five counts
Enforcement notice served to London tube station
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Eight safety breaches An enforcement notice has been handed to London Bridge tube station after fire safety breaches were found in an assessment by London Fire Brigade (LFB). Violations included failure to provide suitable fire warning methods, failure to review fire risk assessment, failure to provide employees with ‘relevant information and failure to provide ‘adequate
Landlord fined again for fire and safety breaches
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‘No regard’ for safety of tenants Serial offender, landlord Jack Collins, has been fined £20,000 after being found guilty of failing to protect the safety of his tenants. He was prosecuted by Leeds City Council and appeared at the local magistrates court, charged with a variety of charges related to the ‘disgraceful state’ of his
New build homes are ‘not fire safe’
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New homes sold without vital fire protection. Although building regulations require, by law, that new homes are built with fire protection measures to delay the spread of fire and allow crucial time for escape, new-build homes have been found with missing or incorrectly installed fire barriers. An investigation from the BBC found that Persimmon Homes
Care home fined over £100,000
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‘Serious’ fire safety failings A care home in South London has been fined £90,000 plus more than £15,000 in costs after it was found guilty of breaching fire safety regulations, following the death of an elderly woman. Back in 2015, a fire broke out in a room at Wood House Care Home in Tooting, London,
Poor fire safety leaves landlord with £50,000 fine
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Found guilty of 18 offences After pleading guilty to 18 offences relating to two houses of multiple occupation (HMOs), Lettings of London Ltd has been ordered to pay over £50,000. The letting agent, based in North London, was found guilty at Stevenage Magistrates’ Court and will pay fines of £43,000 and £10,000 to Welwyn Hatfield
Council fails to meet statutory fire safety requirements
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Potentially ‘serious detriment’ to tenants The Regulator of Social Housing has found that statutory requirements across a range of areas including fire safety, asbestos and electrical safety have not been met by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (Gateshead MBC). As a consequence of these issues, the Council has been found in breach of the Home Standard
