Wolverhampton landlady agrees ban with court on letting properties
Undertakings are voluntary legal commitments made to the court and fall under recent changes to the Digital Marketing, Competition and Consumer Act 2024.The council said the landlady, who manages 36 properties across the city, accepted she and the company had made an unlawful threat to evict a tenant, who was living in a property with her young baby.She also demanded rent that was not owed and misled the public by failing to include details of the business on official stationery, according to the authority.Ms Saddique accepted that she had done, or was likely to do, something considered unfair or harmful to consumers and agreed to not let housing in England, engage in letting agency work, engage in property management work or hold a house in multiple occupation licence, with agreed exceptions.Tenants currently living in properties managed by her will remain in their homes and the properties will be managed by other letting agents.
'Untrustworthy person'
Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal, cabinet member for resident services, said it was a "terrible case" of a tenant and her young family being "hounded" by someone they should have been able to trust."Most importantly, it has seen an unscrupulous and untrustworthy person removed from the letting and rental sector."Councillor Steve Evans, deputy leader of the council and cabinet member for city housing, said there was a "growing trend" of unfair practices by landlords and the council would use the new powers where applicable.
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