Criterion Capital, a real estate company which also owns the Trocadeo building in Leicester Square, said it was inaccurate to state that hundreds of residents are getting eviction notices but decline to share exactly how many eviction notices had been given.
Asif Aziz under fire from Mayor Sadiq Khan over 600 mass evictions
A Mayor of London spokesperson said Mr Khan is “appalled” at the reports and has written to Criterion Capital asking the company to “urgently explain their actions”as “it is unacceptable to force Londoners out of their homes for no good reason – it leaves residents in an awful position, scared about the future for themselves and their family.”
Through The Aziz Foundation, his family’s charity, the Malawi-born Mr Aziz has collaborated with the Mayor of London every year since 2023 to sponsor the official Ramadan Lights switch on, taking place as recently as 14 February.
Legalities of the issue!
Section 21 notices grant landlords the power to evict tenants from their properties at two months’ notice without needing to give any reason. They will be banned from May under Labour’s flagship Renters’ Rights Act. Housing campaigners fear the notices could be use more frequently ahead of the clampdown.
Housing charity Shelter has called the notices “one of the leading causes of homelessness” because they give tenants little notice to find a new property to rent and often come without warning.
A spokesperson for Criterion Capital said stories about the allege evictions had been “materially misrepresent and politicise routine and lawful tenancy matters”.
The Aziz Foundation!
The Aziz Foundation came into in 2015 and funds grants and internships to support British Muslims. Mr Aziz was previously on the board for Mosaic, a leadership programme set up by King Charles in 2007.
Recently, one of the former senior most Scotland Yard officers Tariq Ghaffur CBE. He announce he has started a criminal investigation into the multi-billionaire Mayfair landlord. Over the complaints made by the residents of Fountain House. A posh Mayfair block of apartments on the main Park Lane owned by one of Aziz’s companies. In the neighborhood of Shahrukh Khan and the Sharif family.
Asif Aziz, who calls himself Mr Mayfair and Mr West End. He is a multi-billionaire landlord who runs an organization called Aziz Foundation and owns hundreds of high net worth properties in London.
His company that manages Fountain House is called Parkgate Aspen.
Tarique Ghaffur said: “We are conducting a criminal investigation into Fountain House over several matters concerning Asif Aziz and his management company and cohorts. The investigation has risen due to several complaints from leaseholders and information I have subsequently received and reviewed. In our opinion due to the serious concerns regarding matters that have occurred, it merits a criminal investigation. We have started to collect evidence to prove criminal offences and thereafter we shall report our findings to the relevant authorities.”
Residents have shown concern at the way the company has failed to provide them with reasonable services.
Aziz has been criticise by the political magazine Private Eye for using companies register in the Isle of Man to buy properties in London, especially pubs, and then close them down to replace them with more lucrative housing developments. In 2017, Aziz argued at the High Court that his wife of 14 years is not entitl to a share of his fortune, then estimate at £1.1bn, because they had “not legally married”. The couple, who have four children, agreed to a settlement.
Previous Legal Issues!
In 2025, reports emerged highlighting widespread maintenance issues and vermin infestations. In properties managed under Asif Aziz’s “Dstrkt” housing brand. Despite rapidly rising rents. Aziz also reportedly paid £150,000 to settle allegations. Thaat he had illegally operated an unlicensed Forrest Gump-themed shrimp restaurant at Piccadilly Circus.
Golfrate Holdings (Angola) Lda is a company in Angola that is subject to sanctions, specifically listing as a “specially designated national” (SDN) by the United States, and is also known under other names like Golfrate Africa, Golfrate Distribution, and Golfrate Food Industries.
A source at the London Mayor office added: “This is only tip of the iceberg. The scandal is bigger than what’s known so far. A lot more is coming up.”
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