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Landlord ordered to repay £40k housing benefit
A rogue landlord has received a Christmas card with a bill for £40,000 in it from Islington Council.
Landhouse Ltd has been ordered to pay back the money it received in housing benefit while letting out unlicensed bedsits within a single house in Holloway Road.
The firm had already been told to pay fines and costs to the tune of £14,140 after admitting not having a licence for the flat.
An inspection by environmental health officers found the place was overcrowded and poorly managed, with evident fire hazards.
And bosses were hauled in front of the Property Chamber on Wednesday where they picked up another bill for £39,022.52, which will go back to a central government housing benefit consolidation fund.