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Northern agents and landlords to face tighter HMO rules
Under new regulations planning permission would be needed for a single dwelling to be converted into a HMO for between three and six people.
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Big expansion of HMO planning rules go live in North
Family homes are now prevented from being converted into Houses in Multiple Occupation without planning permission.
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Letting agent fined £18,000 for HMO licence breaches at crowded property
The inspecting officer also found evidence of overcrowding with a family – made up of two adults and three children – living in just one room.
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Letting agencies fined £80,000 over unlicensed and unsafe property
The Court found all four parties guilty of offences under the Housing Act 2004 for letting an unlicensed HMO and the failure to comply with regulations.
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Letting agents have eight weeks to comply with new Northern scheme
The scheme requires agents and landlords affected to submit their applications for a licence by Thursday August 31st and so far 600 have been received.
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Estate agency sector backs HMO council tax reform
Propertymark is backing calls for council tax reform that will ensure Houses in Multiple Occupation only pay the hated levy per property not per room as can be the case now.
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Criminal gang fined £434,000 after duping letting agents
Eight named men and firms have been fined £434,000 collectively for offences after they duped letting agents out of homes that they then turned into illegal HMOs.
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Rogue Landlord fined £115,000 for squalid illegal conversion
Shashibhushan Vyas was fined over £115,500 at Isleworth Crown Court for illegally converting a side extension into a separate unit at his property.
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Cash-starved councils targeting tenants in HMO tax raid, warns big landlord
A government consultation into the way Homes in Multiple Occupation are valued for council tax in England has been slammed by landlords.
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Landlords and agents warned over unlicensed student properties
Students could be in line for a rent rebate after £85,000 student accommodation ruling against management company.
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