Private landlords convicted of safety breaches have been
named publicly for the first time in a new national database created after the
Ministry of Justice disclosed the data following a freedom on information
request. The data maps firms convicted of dozens of breaches under the Housing
Act 2004. The database, which was compiled by Environmental Health News, provides
private renters the first at-a-glance guide to whether landlords and letting
agents have been prosecuted in the past. Some of the companies involved have received hundreds of
thousands of pounds in public money in the form of housing benefit. Read more
on the EHN website.
