HMO licences became a requirement during the legislation of the Housing Act of 2004. This regulation serves to protect people living in shared residences. Often, these shared housing lacked fire ...

Originally, the requirement for an HMO licence only applied to properties that comprised at least three storeys but under new rules, introduced on 1 October 2018, size is no longer relevant.

Peterborough council says higher standards will make properties more attractive, raise prices and therefore should be ...

Unauthorised conversions and properties with fewer than five people, not needing a licence, are not counted when considering new HMO applications ... planning document (SPD), brought in in ...

"It would conflict with the guidance in the House Extensions Supplementary Planning Document ... Separately, a conversion into an HMO needs a licence if it involves more than four tenants.

The changes would allow landlords to house asylum seekers for two years without an HMO licence. The Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone, Kent, where asylum seekers have been moved to the seafront ...

Plans for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Jackson Road ... These will require landlords to have a licence in certain areas and meet certain housing standards. "The sooner we get to ...

Part 1 is the cost of determining an HMO licence application. Part 2 is the cost of carrying out inspections of the HMO premises over the 3-year lifetime of the licence. If a refund of HMO Fees is ...

Belfast City Council has revoked the licence of a seven-bedroom HMO operating near the city’s university area after reports from tenants. An HMO is defined as living accommodation which is the ...

A north London landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 to tenants after not registering a property as a house of multiple occupancy (HMO ... without the correct licence, their tenants can ...