Properties where landlords are living within the property and sharing common areas such as a bathroom, kitchen and lounge are likely to be considered as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) and would be required to comply with HMO standards.
Tenancies that do not have a resident landlord are generally regulated or assured - depending whether or not they were granted after 15 January 1989.
UK Border Agency investigation
The UK Border Agency has advised the council that it started a project investigating the Immigration (Hotel Records) Order 1972.
If you let residential accommodation such as bedsits, houses in multiple occupation or shared houses, this is an important order that you will need to be aware of.
If you have any questions please contact the UK Border Agency via their website or by telephoning 01480 499300. Please do not contact the council.
There are two main issues where the rights of landlord and tenant differ for resident landlord lets compared with other types of tenancy: rent and tenure security.
Broadly, someone who lets from a resident landlord:
- does not have a right to challenge the level of rent that he or she has agreed to pay
- can be given less notice to leave if the landlord wants to end the letting
- can, in some situations, technically be evicted by the landlord at the end of the notice if he or she refuses to leave
Resident landlords have this greater freedom to end an arrangement because it is acknowledged that, should the relationship between the landlord and the person he or she lets to breaks down, the landlord is more vulnerable in his or her own home.
For further information about resident landlord tenancies please read to our guide for resident landlords.
