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The National HMO Lobby's Response to Coalition Government Plans to Amend HMO Planning Legislation

2010-07-06 10:22:36 :: NATIONAL ISSUES

Read how the new coalition government is to amend the planning legislation on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)

Housing and Planning Minister John Healey

Local powers for councils to protect communities & improve private rented sector

2010-01-27 15:17:50 :: NATIONAL ISSUES

Housing and Planning Minister John Healey today announced new local powers to control the spread of high concentrations of shared rented homes and to tackle pockets of unsafe and substandard accommodation run by bad landlords.

The Response of the Nottingham Action Group to the Government Consultation on HMOs

Response of the NAG to the Government Consultation on HMOs

2009-08-11 16:06:37 :: NATIONAL ISSUES
'NEIGHBOURHOODS WHERE FAMILIES WANT TO LIVE ... NOT LEAVE'

The Response of the Nottingham Action Group to the
Government Consultation on HMOs

Communities and Local Government

Government Consults On HMOs and Changes To Planning Law

2009-07-20 14:33:55 :: NATIONAL ISSUES

YOUR VIEWS NEEDED

The Department for Communities and Local Government consultation on a possible change to planning law is due to end on the 7 August 2009. Of the three options in the consultation, Option 2, a change to the Use Classes Order, would mean that conversion from family home to HMO/shared house would require planning permission, and hence be the best way of controlling the spread and density of HMOs in Nottingham.

Support for this change is vital. The easiest way you can do it is to write to the Department of Communities and Local Government setting out your experiences and your views.

Houses in multiple occupation and possible planning responses

2009-05-22 07:26:23 :: NATIONAL ISSUES
The Department for Communities and Local Government has just announced a consultation on possible changes to planning legislation with respect to HMOs. This consultation has come about as a result of lobbying by the NAG and other National HMO Lobby groups, councillors and local MPs.

ECOTEC

ECOTEC Report - Housing in Multiple Occupation and possible planning responses

2009-04-01 16:46:49 :: NATIONAL ISSUES

The Nottingham Action Group were actively involved in the evidence gathering exercise leading to the ECOTEC report.

Launch of National HMO Lobby Publication

2008-04-18 16:56:39 :: NATIONAL ISSUES

The Nottingham conference on the 13th of May 2008 saw the launch of the National HMO Lobby's publication :

Balanced Communities & Studentification - Problems and Solutions

This sees studentification from the established residents' viewpoint.

This report can be downloaded below.

Private Rented Sector Review 2008

2008-04-18 16:34:56 :: NATIONAL ISSUES
Conducted for Communities & Local Government by Dr Julie Rugg & Dr David Rhodes presented to the Policy Round Table on Student Housing, with Dr Rugg in London on 4 March 2008.

Government To Consult On HMOs And Planning Legislation

2008-04-18 14:08:44 :: NATIONAL ISSUES
During 2008 the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) will be issuing a consultation paper inviting comments on potential changes to the current Use Classes Order, particularly in relation to a possible change to the Use Class Order for dwellings (Class C3) and the current definitions of what constitutes an HMO.

National HMO Lobby Report On HMO Seminar

2008-04-18 13:49:13 :: NATIONAL ISSUES
On 9 April 2008 in London, the Department for Communities & Local Government (CLG) held an 'HMOs Seminar'. This Seminar was the final phase of the preliminaries to a HMO Review and a consultation on the Use Classes Order (UCO).