Jersey States will debate a proposition to prevent landlords from imposing blanket bans against pet-owning tenants.

Debate to ban Jersey landlords from discriminating against pet-owners

Jersey landlords need to pay deposits into an independent tenancy scheme but Deputy Sam Mézec claims potentially hundreds are not complying with the law.

Minister wants landlords investigated over illegal tenancy deposits

High demand and low supply means the competition to rent a home across the Channel Islands is worsening with properties gone within 24 hours of being listed.

'People are living in garden sheds': The reality of the housing crisis

Landlords in Jersey have until 1 August 2024 to licence their rental properties under a new scheme designed to improve living standards for tenants.

Landlords required to licence Jersey rental homes under landmark law

THUG LANDLORDS VIDEO ISSUED BY BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE

They used weapons including a metal pole, bolt croppers baseball bats and a meat cleaver during the attacks on vulnerable people.

Thug landlord family filmed extreme violence against tenants 

Jersey's Housing Minister, Deputy David Warr, says he hopes to give authorities more power to tackle deposits not being protected within the required 30 days.

New laws could prosecute landlords who fail to protect deposits

States members have backed plans to require landlords to register their rental properties and have them inspected to ensure they meet minimum standards.

Plans to licence Jersey rental accommodation 'approved in principle'

aomi Knapp has been banned from letting properties. 

The council had also fined Naomi Knapp £22,000 in April 2021. 

Rogue Bristol landlord who was banned from letting 29 properties has ban upheld

Deputy David Warr has set out proposed reforms, which he says will offer better protection for tenants.

Cap on rent rises among reforms suggested by Jersey's Housing Minister

A Newcastle student is looking for new accommodation, saying she is getting ill due to mould in her flat, which she claims the landlord has not dealt with.

Student battling landlord over mould-infested flat 

The rentals across Bristol were damaged and did not have proper fire doors

Rogue landlord fined £22k and banned from letting out homes

The five bedroom house in Elswick had problems including damp, mould, leaking pipes and holes in the ceiling.

Landlord banned from letting out Newcastle property left in 'shocking' state

It would have made it a legal requirement for landlords to obtain a licence for any property they wished to rent out.

Plans to introduce licences for rental properties in Jersey rejected 

Tenants' Forum leader and States Chamber logo

The newly-formed Jersey Tenants' Forum says too many of the politicians debating and voting on the issue had a financial interest in it.

Jersey States vote against landlord licensing scheme labelled 'biased'

Politicians are today (8 September) debating whether to introduce a scheme which would put landlords on a register. It would be used to regulate their properties on a yearly basis to make sure they meet minimum standards.

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