Search Results for: HMOs
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Regulation & Law
Kent residents “Say No to HMOs”
Council will use Article 4 Direction to take action against landlords who are failing in their duties, says Gravesham councillor Shane Mochrie-Cox.
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Regulation & Law
Superior landlords can be fined for unlicensed HMOs, legal experts warn
Renters’ Rights Act closes loophole that allows landlords to avoid licensing fines, warn partners at international law firm CMS.
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Regulation & Law
Midlands council crackdown on HMOs sparks migrant row
Planning consultation process opens up rift between those for and against limiting shared home numbers.
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Regulation & Law
London council launches major crackdown on unlicensed HMOs
Campaign aims to reduce anti-social behaviour and environmental offences, says Greenwich Council’s Rachel Taggart-Ryan.
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Rental market
Negative perceptions about HMOs can be changed, developers insist
Community opposition to shared housing can be reversed with good management, say developers Ray Guy and Geoff Knight.
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Regulation & Law
Over 50% of converted flats and HMOs fail fire safety audits
Direct365’s Karl Bantleman says Home Office data reveals it would take 48 years for fire services to inspect every building, calling it a “fire safety lottery”.
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Regulation & Law
Senior Reform councillor has his unlicensed HMOs shut down
A second Reform councillor, Chair of Warwickshire County Council, Edward Harris has been caught running unlicensed HMOs in just a few months.
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Regulation & Law
Southern council ’losing control’ of HMOs
Council officers say the system is “under strain” as applications jump from 33 to 115 in two years and complaints quadruple.
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Regulation & Law
Most councils struggling to regulate HMOs because many ‘under radar’
North East Lincolnshire Council says data gap prevents action on shared housing as local authorities struggle to control spread of HMOs.
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Rental market
CLAIM: HMOs are backbone of Britain’s rental market
Boss of property investment firm Mish Liyanage defends HMOs and says they offer a number of key benefits and should play a major part in the Government’s housing plans.
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