HMOs

Liverpool City Council has launched a major public consultation exercise on limiting the practice of converting smaller homes into houses of multiple occupation (HMOs). Over the past decade, Liverpool has seen a significant growth in the number of HMOs – with its booming student population and current housing benefit rules fuelling ... Read More...

Liverpool City Council has taken the first step in a bid to reduce the rising number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) across the city. The council’s cabinet has today (25 September), approved the launch of a public consultation on implementing a key planning change - called an Article 4 Direction ... Read More...

Liverpool City Council has turned to a familiar face to fill a top housing role. Former cabinet member for housing Frank Hont will chair the local authority’s new ethical housing company – Foundations. Frank, who lost his seat as a Labour councillor in May, will now establish a small board of housing ... Read More...

Liverpool City Council’s cabinet is expected to rubber stamp a crackdown on HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation) in the Dales neighbourhood of Smithdown. Last year a council report said the over concentration of shared housing in the area bounded by Wellington Road/Gainsborough Road, Smithdown Road, and the West Coast Main railway, ... Read More...