Issue - meetings

That the implementation of changes, in line with updated legislation around the licensing and management of Houses in Multiple Occupation, be approved.

Councillor Peter Bilson presented the Houses in Multiple Occupancy Mandatory Licensing report for approval. The Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018 had extended mandatory licensing to include all properties with five or more unrelated occupants, sharing amenities, taking out the three or more storeys requirement. It was estimated that there would be an additional 500 properties in Wolverhampton that would fall under the new definition, in addition to the existing 127 houses in multiple occupation.

Resolved:

That the implementation of changes, in line with updated legislation around the licensing and management of Houses in Multiple Occupation, be approved.