Rogue landlords should have properties confiscated – MPs report

Committee calls on government to give local councils power to punish ‘most egregious offences’Rogue landlords should have their properties confiscated by local councils, according to a cross-party report from MPs into Britain’s private rented sector. Current financial penalties are “meaningless” in deterring the worst, criminal offenders among landlords, according to the housing, communities and local government committee.The committee also called for greater protec