Evaluation of the Impact of HMO Licensing and Selective Licensing
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Evaluation of the Impact of HMO Licensing and Selective Licensing
Building Research Establishment January 2010 Department for Communities and Local Government
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Contents
Executive summary
1
Introduction
10
2
Description of the project
11
3 Reference of terms and acronyms
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3.1 Terms
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3.2 Acronyms
13
4
Background
6
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4.1 The Housing Act 2004
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4.2 Aim of the project
17
4.3 Summary of the baseline
17
4.4 Summary of the private rented sector in the twelve case studies
18
5
The HMO market
20
5.1 Definition of an HMO
20
5.2 About HMOs
21
5.3 The number of HMOs in England
22
5.4 Management and conditions of HMOs
24
5.5 Mandatory licensable HMOs
27
5.6 Profile of landlords and agents managing mandatory licensable HMOs
31
6 Implementing mandatory HMO licensing
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6.1 Overview
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6.2 Number of licensed properties
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6.3 The licensing process for each case study
37
6.4 Licensing process
41
6.5 Enforcement
59
6.6 Good practice in licensing
76
6.7 Supporting LAs
78
7 Impact of mandatory HMO licensing
79
7.1 Changes to the HMO market
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7.2 Changes in HMOs since the introduction of licensing
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