Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 5219
Multiple Occupation: Private Rented Housing
Tabled: 10 September 2024
Answered: 23 September 2024
Question
Damien Egan
Labour — Bristol North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) quality and (b) adequacy of the regulation of houses in multiple occupation in the private rented sector.
Answer
Matthew PennycookHouses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) are subject to mandatory licensing in properties where five or more persons in two or more households share facilities. Local authorities also have the power to introduce additional licensing for smaller HMOs which are...
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