Question Title: HMO licence

Question: 385
Is the licence per landlord or per property? Is the licence for the owner or the manager of the property?
Answer:
A separate licence is needed for each property. The licence holder and the person who manage the property will have to be considered  ‘fit and proper’ for the licence to be granted.  A licence may not relate to more than one property and is not transferable to a different property, or to a different person. The landlord can hold the licence or nominate someone else such as a manager or agent, with their agreement, to be the licence holder. Whoever holds a licence must be the person who is most appropriate to hold the licence for the property and this is likely to be the person who receives the rent for the property.
References:	Pages:	Hyperlinks:
Letting Handbook	Chapter 16	product-info/products/letting-handbook-and-factsheets.html
Letting Update Journal	July 2005 p14	product-info/products/letting-update-journal.html
Letting Factsheet No 40		letting-factsheets/factsheets/factsheet-40-houses-in-multiple-occupation-and-the-housing-act-2004.html
Letting Factsheet No 41		letting-factsheets/factsheets/factsheet-41-management-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation-regs-2006.html

 

Legal Check By: , Date: 1970
Text Check By: 16/10/06, Date: 2006
Review Date: 1970
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