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Camden Council issues IMO to Protect Tenants

from "UK Landlord" magazine, March 2008

Camden Council has issued an Interim Management Order against the landlord of a house in Kilburn. One of the first local authorities in England to take such action, the order allows the council to step in and improve properties that have failed to meet health and safety requirements.

Council inspections found the Kilburn property was in need of maintenance, had sub-standard sanitation facilities, and did not possess necessary electrical and gas safety certificates. The landlord had also ignored numerous letters regarding his failure to obtain an HMO licence.

Councillor Mike Greene stressed that an IMO is considered "the last resort" and that the council prefers to work in partnership with landlords to resolve problems. He explained that in this particular case the lack of a licence, together with concerns over the tenants' welfare and the possibility of their illegal eviction, left the council with little alternative