Warwick council is the latest to introduce an Additional Licensing Scheme for HMOs.
The district wide scheme will start on January 18 homes and follows a public consultation earlier this year.
It will require houses, converted flats or purpose-built flats (including student accommodation) occupied by three or more persons living as two or more households to legally obtain an HMO licence in order to continue to operate.
In the coming weeks the council will be contacting all those affected including landlords, letting and managing agents, advising them to ensure that they have all the necessary documents and safety certificates in place in order to submit their licence application ahead of when the new legislation comes into force.
A spokesperson says: “We are expecting in the order of 700 HMOs to require licensing under this new scheme. Many of these properties have never had a formal inspection by the Council, so this is a great opportunity to bring these additional homes under our licensing umbrella, meaning that they will comply to a high standard of safety and repair, greatly benefitting tenants and members of the wider community.”
Landlords who have already informed the council that their property falls under the new Additional Licensing regulations will be issued with an application pack.
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Another skint council mastering the are of pocket picking. Legalised theft forced onto more landlords with the promise of nothing in return. If they have not inspected these properties already shame on them. The powers already exist but the willingness to waste money on high salaries for council leaders and all the other things money is wasted takes a higher priority to the needs of the boroughs. According to one of the local papers the salary of the leaders combined is £363000 pa! Salaries and bonuses of top Warwickshire council bosses revealed
By James Smith
8th Apr 2022 | Local News
Well said, this scam is nation wide.
We even had the issue here in Norwich where the very well paid top man was living in subsidized council housing same as many top union leaders do nation wide scam isn't it stinks
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