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Red Tape Challenge
Housing and Construction
Comment
Name: Dr Richard Tyler, National HMO Lobby
Email: hmolobby@hotmail.com
Which of the following best describes you? I am
commenting on behalf of a voluntary or community organization.
Where did you hear about the Red Tape Challenge?
alert@info4local.gov.uk
Tell us what you think and how you would improve this piece
of legislation.
I write to comment on the Order and four Regulations on HMOs of
2006-2009. First identified in legislation in 1985, HMOs have long
been known as problematic, both for their occupants and their neighbours.
There is good reason for this: they are densely occupied, by young
novice householders, who lack any cohesion, and are highly transient.
Nevertheless, HMOs serve a useful function for some. In the interests
of the safety and amenity of both occupants and neighbours, they
should therefore be subject to regulation. As the dates show, current
regulation is very recent, and therefore review may be premature.
LHAs may well have recommendations. A co-ordinated guide could be
helpful, including reference to the Housing Act 2004, the delegation
of discretionary licensing to LHA, and recent planning legislation
on HMOs. At all events, the current regulation of HMOs should be
retained.
Posted 16 January 2012, on the Red
Tape Challenge website
National HMO Lobby
email: hmolobby@hotmail.com
website: www.hmolobby.org.uk
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