Issue - meetings

Amendments to the Mandatory Licensing Scheme for certain types of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO's) throughout Exeter

Meeting: 23/06/2015 - Executive (Item 58)

58 Proposed Amendments to the Mandatory Licensing Scheme for certain types of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO's). PDF 123 KB

To consider the report of Assistant Director Housing.

Scrutiny Committee – Community considered the report at its meeting on 16 June 2015 and its comments will be reported.

Decision:

Agreed

That a £125 discount is introduced on mandatory HMO licensing fee where landlords are accredited under a nationally recognised accreditation scheme, and the property has been subject to an inspection by an inspector employed by the accrediting organisation.

Reason for Decision:

As set out in the report.

Minutes:

The report of the Assistant Director Housing was submitted which sought to introduce a £125 discount on the licence fee charged for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) covered by mandatory HMO licensing where the landlord of the HMO was credited under a nationally recognised accreditation scheme, and the property had been subject to an inspection by an inspector employed by the accrediting organisation. Such a discount was already offered to the landlords of HMOs licensed under the recently introduced additional HMO licensing scheme, and the proposal would remove the inconsistency between the two schemes.

The Portfolio Holder for Customer Access fully supported the introduction of the scheme to encourage Landlords to take responsibility and drive up the standards of HMOs.

Scrutiny Committee – Community considered the report at its meeting on 16 June 2015 and its comments were reported.

RESOLVED that a £125 discount is introduced on mandatory HMO licensing fee where landlords are accredited under a nationally recognised accreditation scheme, and the property has been subject to an inspection by an inspector employed by the accrediting organisation.

Meeting: 16/06/2015 - Scrutiny Committee - Community (Item 36)

36 Amendments to the Mandatory Licensing Scheme for certain types of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO's) throughout Exeter PDF 123 KB

To consider the report of the Assistant Director Housing.

Minutes:

The Private Sector Housing Manager presented the report seeking authority to introduce a £125 discount on the licence fee charged for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) covered by mandatory HMO licensing where the landlord of the HMO is accredited under a nationally recognised accreditation scheme, and the property has been subject to an inspection by an inspector employed by the accrediting organisation. Such a discount was already offered to the landlords of HMOs licensed under the recently introduced additional HMO licensing scheme, and the proposal in this report would remove the inconsistency between the two schemes.

Scrutiny Committee - Community supported the report and requested Executive to introduce a £125 discount on mandatory HMO licensing fee where landlords are accredited under a nationally recognised accreditation scheme and the property has been subject to an inspection by an inspector employed by the accrediting organisation.