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Major council proposes tighter HMO rules for landlords
Burnley Council has revealed that it is considering tightening the planning rules around converting properties into HMOs.
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Labour-run city launches huge crackdown on HMO sector
Local Labour councillor in Stoke echoes Government policy, saying HMOs need robust policing and management.
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Government rejects calls for new HMO powers
Councils have sufficient tools to manage HMOs on a local level, says Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook.
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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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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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Big university town to crack down on shared housing
New planning restrictions have been proposed in a city where shared housing supply is already “extremely constrained”, and rental costs are rocketing.
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Petition forces big council fast-track HMO clampdown
Local anger over parking, waste and anti-social behaviour around HMOs forces Medway Council to speed up plans for tougher controls.
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Another northern council plots to stop HMO ‘surge’
Bury Council wants to introduce supplementary planning to stop the ‘sandwiching of properties’ by HMOs.
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Council reveals HMO crackdown as city reaches ‘saturation point’
Gloucester is the latest council to target unregulated smaller HMOs, while also revealing new planning restrictions for new HMOs in many areas.
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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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