HMO Regulations Archives

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Renters’ Rights Act – 2 bedroom student units?

6th November 2025, 6 months ago | 10

I have been thinking about ways around the two-bedroom student house problem. My first thought is it’s hardly rocket science....

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Landlords pay the price when tenants secretly sublet

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th October 2025, 7 months ago | 4

A legal firm has warned landlords that if tenants secretly sublet, it’s the landlord, not the tenant, who could face...

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Reform vows it will get tough on ‘profiteering migrant landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th May 2025, 11 months ago | 5

Reform has launched a campaign to protect British tenants from being evicted by landlords cashing in on lucrative government contracts...

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Another council targets landlords for fly-tipping tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th May 2025, 12 months ago | 13

A London council has introduced a five-year initiative aimed at curbing illegal waste dumping throughout its borough with plans for...

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Renters’ Rights Bill is not about tenants but creating a ‘council cash windfall’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2025, 12 months ago | 15

It is being promoted as a way to level the renting playing field and empower tenants, but one housing law...

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Renters’ Rights Bill threatens student housing supply – NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th April 2025, 12 months ago | 0

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has raised the alarm over government proposals that could shrink the availability of student...

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Another London council targets landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2025, 1 year ago | 2

A London council has unveiled plans to reinstate licensing targeting ‘rogue landlords’ operating houses in multiple occupancy (HMOs). The local...

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One of three tenants is leaving a student HMO?

Author: Readers Question

24th January 2025, 1 year ago | 6

Hi Everyone, My daughter is at university and sharing a 3-bedroom HMO with two other tenants, and one is moving...

What are the liability and insurance implications if my tenant gets a flatmate?

Author: Readers Question

19th September 2024, 2 years ago | 10

Hi, my tenants children have all flown the nest. The place is too big for my tenant now, so she...

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Definition of HMO under selective licensing?

Author: Readers Question

2nd August 2024, 2 years ago | 10

Hi, I received an email from LCC selective licensing update. This is the email below: The newsletter is distributed to...

Shocking truth reveals councils’ powers over landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Dawn-style raids, more powers than the police and issuing £105,000 fines —councils wield considerable authority in regulating landlords. Phil Turtle,...

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Mandatory HMO Licence requirements?

Author: Readers Question

19th March 2024, 2 years ago | 8

Hi, I have a 3-bedroom house in Newham I am thinking of converting the through lounge to two bedrooms thus...

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Is my licenced shared student house a single private dwelling?

Author: Readers Question

19th January 2024, 2 years ago | 12

Hello, Portsmouth City Council are trying the tell me the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) applies to a...

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What’s the legal course for a tenant who wasn’t given a proper legal contract?

Author: Readers Question

1st December 2023, 2 years ago | 2

Hello, I am a new landlord. I have learnt from a prospective tenant in Wales that the current landlord has...

Councils lose Court cases over HMO licence fees

Author: Mark Alexander

11th November 2013, 12 years ago | 11

Three cases have recently been tested in the Courts whereby Councils have charged more for HMO licensing then was reasonable....

Has this Oxford tenant fallen foul of HMO legislation?

Author: Readers Question

30th November 2012, 13 years ago | 7

I have just received an email from an Oxford based tenant who may have fallen foul of HMO regulations. I’m...

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Tessa Shepperson’s New “Landlord Law Made Easy” Course

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Don’t you get fed up sometimes by the amount of law we are expected to know? We have to comply...

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Appeal Court Rejects HMO Legal Challenge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2011, 14 years ago | 3

Local councils have lost their fight in the courts to overturn the government’s house in multiple occupation planning laws. After...

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The HMO Debate – an admission of defeat.

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 32

My last article on Property 118 brought forth a host of questions from landlords wondering whether their property was in...

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Shared house was firebomb waiting to explode

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Electrical wiring in a shared house was so dangerous the property was a firebomb waiting to go off, a court...

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