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Houses in Yeovil, some of which have become HMOs. A house in multiple occupation (HMO), [1] or a house of multiple occupancy, is a British English term which refers to residential properties where 'common areas' exist and are shared by more than one household. Most HMOs have been subdivided from larger houses designed for and occupied by one ...
Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Additional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1903) Houses in Multiple Occupation (Certain Converted Blocks of Flats) (Modifications to the Housing Act 2004 and Transitional Provisions for section 257 HMOs) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1904)
Long title: An Act to make provision about housing conditions; to regulate houses in multiple occupation and certain other residential accommodation; to make provision for home information packs in connection with the sale of residential properties; to make provision about secure tenants and the right to buy; to make provision about mobile homes and the accommodation needs of gypsies and ...
Houses in multiple occupation [17] Small shared houses occupied by between three and six unrelated individuals, as their only or main residence, who share basic amenities such as a kitchen or bathroom. Permitted change to C3. D1 Non-residential institutions
Class C3 [14] addresses use as a “dwelling house”, as a principal or secondary residence. The classifications were updated in 2010 [15] aligning the definitions of usage C3(a) (“single household”) and C4 ("house in multiple occupation") with those in the Housing Act 2004. This class is formed of 3 parts:
Bedsits were banned in 2008 by the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008, [4] with a phase-out date of February 2013. The Health Service Executive and approved housing bodies can still offer equivalent accommodation, which is mostly used as emergency accommodation for the homeless. In 2013, regulations came into force in ...
The property owner in this case signs a property management agreement with the company, giving the latter the right to let it out to new tenants and collect rent. The owners don't usually even know who the tenants are. The property management company usually keeps 10-15% of the rent amount and shares the rest with the property owner.
Each house in multiple occupation, a unit the law does not regard it as a single household having more than three tenants, is subject to enhanced regulations including the Housing Act 2004. A council-issued licence to be a landlord of such a unit is always required in some local authorities (in others, limited to the larger statutory examples).