Multiple Housing Occupations

MULTIPLE HOUSING OCCUPATIONS

We can help you attain a license for an MHO. A license for an MHO is to rent a property to multiple tenants or a sole tenants. Some local authorities or councils require an HMO and a housing license (sole license) in this regard.

Your home is a house in multiple occupation (HMO) if both of the following apply:

·         at least 3 tenants live there, forming more than 1 household

·         you share toilet, bathroom or kitchen facilities with other tenants

Your home is a large HMO if both of the following apply:

·         at least 5 tenants live there, forming more than 1 household

·         you share toilet, bathroom or kitchen facilities with other tenants

A household is either a single person or members of the same family who live together. A family includes people who are:

·         married or living together – including people in same-sex relationships

·         relatives or half-relatives, for example grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings

·         step-parents and step-children 

Standards, obligations and how to complain: If you live in a large HMO, your landlord must meet certain standards and obligations. 

We can contact your landlord or the local council in order for them to take action to correct any problems. We can also help you apply to the tribunals to reclaim some of your rent should your landlord be prosecuted by the council for running an unlicensed HMO