Amarjit Sanger, 37, of Goodmayes, Essex, and ARJ Investments Limited, a company which lists him as a director, rented five dangerous HMOs in the same street in Ilford, Essex.
After pleading guilty at Redbridge Magistrates Court to 75 offences relating to tenant safety and licensing HMOs, they were fined nearly £40,000.
Redbridge Council housing officers told the court the houses were in bad repair that put tenants at risk, including:
• Gas and electrical appliances with defects and no safety certificates
• Property conversions made without planning permission
• No fire alarms or fire safety equipment installed
The council ordered Sanger not to let any of the properties until he had renovated them as safe for tenants and applied for HMO licences.
Councillor Michelle Dunn, cabinet member for housing said: “Redbridge is working hard to help drive up standards in the private rented sector and while the vast majority of landlords manage their properties well, there are some who flout the law and place their tenants’ lives at risk.”
Landlord Geoffrey Irving, of Wallasey, Merseyside, pleaded guilty to not obeying a prohibition order by letting an unlicensed HMO, Birkenhead Magistrates Court heard.
Irving ordered to pay £3,000 with £700 costs after pleading guilty.
Irving was fined by the court last year for ignoring a council order to improve the property, which is home to 18 tenants with disabilities and learning difficulties.
The council issued the prohibition order after Irving continued to take in tenants without carrying out works to improve the property.
Contractors allegedly dumped rubbish, including an old kitchen from a rental property down a country lane.
Landlord John Seeley was traced from some of the litter and charged with failing to properly dispose of the rubbish, Cambridge Magistrates were told.
He was ordered to pay a total of £1,175 in fines and costs.
