Learn More About HMO Regulations – A Guide For The Layman

I read another interesting article yesterday about the so-called problems that HMO’s cause through over-flowing bins, waste tipped in alleys and fly-tipping in Oxford.  Council plot bin progress details the councils plans for a new £40,000 waste “hit-squad” to tackle these issues.

There were about 30 comments added to the articles, some agreeing, some disagreeing but the main assumptions seemed to be:

students have a lot of waste rubbish
students don’t pay council tax but they get council services
Oxford City provides fortnightly collections of rubbish
the streets of the city are very dirty – never …

In 2005, significant changes were made to the Housing Act which meant that Houses in Multiple Occupancy came under additional legislation and scrutiny. 

This was to protect the people staying in HMO’s whilst ensuring that standards were nationalized and brought up to a decent and safe standard.

Generally speaking, all properties where there are more than 2 people sharing who are unrelated is classified as a HMO.  However, what this means in practice is that HMO’s need to meet national standards of rental accommodation.

None of this is too onerous and is general …