Merton Council has called on Clarion Housing to ‘restore confidence” with residents after a number of many worrying images on housing on the Eastfields Estate which were broadcast on ITV […]
Merton Council has successfully prosecuted a Mitcham landlord for renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). At a hearing in Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court on 4 […]
A new safe haven to give those who are sleeping on the streets a warm place to go during the day, has opened its doors. Merton Council has teamed up […]
Another landlord has been successfully prosecuted by Merton Council – the third in the last four months for breaches of the Housing Act 2004. Ronak Patel has been ordered to pay […]
Merton Council has successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety of private tenants. Mr Fouad Ahmad, from Streatham pleaded guilty to failing to […]
The Leader of Merton Council has praised the response from the council and its partners after a bridge partially collapsed in Mitcham. On Friday night, the bridge, on the A217 […]
New legal powers are set to help Merton council take enforcement action against private sector landlords who are letting out unsuitable or dangerous properties. At a meeting on Monday 3 […]
Two new cabinet members have been appointed by the Leader of the Council, it was announced at the Council meeting on Wednesday 15 May.
Councillors in Merton voted on Wednesday to join a national campaign calling for the abolition of Section 21 – the law which allows landlords to evict tenants with just two […]
Merton Council are urgently working with the police to evict squatters who have broken into the former Virgin Active on Battle Close in South Wimbledon and have been causing a disturbance in the […]