To maintain safety and management standards in private rented homes, applications are now being accepted from landlords and letting agents managing properties. From 1 April 2023, smaller homes in multiple occupation (HMO) in eight wards in York, will need to be licensed.
From 1 April 2023, an additional licence is required for any HMO occupied by three or four people who form more than one household and where householders share facilities such as the kitchen, bathroom, or toilet. Additional licensing affects these properties in eight wards: Clifton, Fishergate, Fulford & Heslington, Guildhall, Heworth, Hull Road, Micklegate and Osbaldwick & Derwent, all of which have the highest densities of HMOs in the city.
The decision to introduce these licences was made on 17 August 2022, following two rounds of 10-week consultations.
The licences can be applied for online, with City of York Council HMO licensing experts offering application support until the end of March. Please email housing.standards@york.gov.uk if you would like assistance.
Cllr Denise Craghill, Executive Member for Housing and Safer Communities, said: “The vast majority of private landlords in the city run well-maintained and well-managed HMOs. This additional licensing scheme gives them all a level playing field, clear standards to meet and management training.
“It will also help ensure tenants of HMOs, especially those in wards where HMOs are most numerous, are protected by ensuring those high standards are met.”
Find out more and apply for your license at www.york.gov.uk/ApplyForHMOLicence
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