Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
a) the changes to the HMO regulations under part 2 of the Housing Act 2004, as outlined in the report, be noted;
b) the proposed new fee structure for the mandatory licensing of HMO’s, as set out in the table in Section 4 of the report, be approved;
c) approval be given to the allocation of additional staffing resources to implement and administer the new HMO regulations, as outlined in the report with the cost of such being met through the proposed revised licence fee.
REASON FOR DECISIONS
Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 includes a statutory requirement to licence larger HMO’s. The regulations have recently been revised resulting in a greater number of properties needing to be licenced.
Report author: Emma Lindley
Publication date: 10/07/2018
Date of decision: 09/07/2018
Decided at meeting: 09/07/2018 - Cabinet
Effective from: 18/07/2018
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