Issue - meetings

Background:

This report sought approval to formally commence an exercise to establish the need and scope of both additional licensing and selective licensing for homes in the privately rented sector (PRS).

Local authorities were able to designate areas as being subject to an additional licensing scheme, in relation to some or all the Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in that area, which were not already subject to mandatory HMO licensing. A selective licensing designation could be made if the area to which it related satisfied one or more of conditions, including issues such as poor property conditions, high migration, high deprivation or high levels of crime. Both were subject to a number of considerations which would be borne out of formal assessment and consultation.

Reasons:

The decision was needed to formally commence assessing the need for either scheme but more specifically to enter into consultation with relevant parties.