A mandatory licence is already needed for HMOs with five or more people from two or more households. The additional rules ...

Brent Council is running a consultation on plans to introduce a borough-wide HMO licensing scheme that would come into force in autumn of this year. If approved, the council would extend a previous ...

Hounslow Council wants to tackle the antisocial behaviour and social issues that stem from overcrowding and cramped housing ...

Camden Council is reviewing its HMO licensing scheme and invites residents, landlords, and businesses to share their views before the April 8, ...

Hounslow is to tighten its HMOs controls to ‘reduce anti-social behaviour and the issues that stem from overcrowding'.

Under the Housing Act, local authorities have the power to license HMOs. The council currently issues mandatory licences for properties housing five or more people and additional licences for ...

The enormous revenues being generated by council property licensing schemes have been revealed by data gathered by PropTech ...

Both Laib Property Investment Limited and Mr Laib were found guilty in their absence at Merthyr Magistrates Court of operating an unlicensed HMO which required licensing. Mr Laib and Laib Property ...

The number of licensing schemes lined up to launch this year has already surpassed last year’s total, as councils continue to put the financial squeeze on landlords.

Now Lee Chaloner, director of Wrexham-based developer Passive Property which is behind the project, has challenged the idea ...