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The government estimated in 2004 that there were about 640,000
HMOs in England alone. If they are not properly managed, they can
give rise to a whole range of problems. Poor management of individual
HMOs can give rise to problems for tenants and neighbours. Poor
management of numbers of HMOs can give rise to problems for whole
communities.
The Campaign for Bedsit Rights, lately run by Shelter,
has advocated the tenants' cause. Council officers who have to oversee
HMOs are represented by the National
HMO Network. Neighbourhoods are represented by our National
HMO Lobby.
We began campaigning in 2000. Many of our objectives have now been
achieved. The Housing Act 2004 introduced mandatory licensing
of larger HMOs, and in 2010, the government delegated discretionary
licensing to local councils in England. Also in 2010, the government
changed the Use Classes Order,
so that HMOs now require planning permission. See 'What
is a HMO?' for the current status of HMOs in the UK.
The National HMO Lobby proposes sustainable
communities. The Lobby therefore opposes concentrations
of HMOs in general (as a unique threat
to the sustainability of communities) and studentification
in particular (as the principal cause and effect of HMO concentrations)
- see our publication Balanced Communities
& Studentification.
The pages on this website outline who we are, and what we do. The
pages about the Lobby itself outline our composition
and constitution, our Aims, our Constitution,
our Members and their Regional
Organisation, and a History of
our activity, including Papers produced.
The pages on Lobbying record National
Developments and our national campaigning on key issues, like
the Use Classes Order and HMO
Licensing and Students & Communities.
If your community shares our concerns about poor management of
HMOs in neighbourhoods - do join us. Email the National
HMO Lobby at <hmolobby@hotmail.com>.
National HMO Lobby
email: hmolobby@hotmail.com
website: www.hmolobby.org.uk
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