Doing the research for an article for my website today, I read for the first time the new HMO Management Regulations, which I mentioned briefly in a previous post. It looks like life is going to get tougher for landlords, particularly those whose properties are not up to scratch. These new regulations impose new obligations,…
Most lawyers think that the 2004 Housing Act is all about HIPS (Home Information Packs), but well informed landlords know different. It is also about the mandatory licensing of and new standards in HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation), and the dreaded tenancy deposit scheme, a monstrous slur on the integrity of honest landlords. Some of…
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Two steps back?
One of the penalties for failing to get a license for your HMO will be that you will not be able to use the section 21 procedure to evict your tenant (this is the no fault/shorthold possession ground from section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, generally enforced via the optimistically named ‘accelerated’ possession procedure)….