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A supply of good quality private rental accommodation in Dudley is important to respond to growing housing demand. We provide information and advice to landlords on a variety of subjects.
We hold regular landlord forums to let you know about new legislation and allow you to meet other landlords and agents across Dudley.
A house in multiple occupation (HMO) is a dwelling where three or more people forming two or more households share a facility, like a toilet, bathroom or kitchen. Certain types of properties converted into self-contained flats also qualify as a HMO.
All HMOs that have five or more people in them must be licensed by the local authority. There is a fee for the licensing of each HMO.
The current licence fee is £675 for a property consisting of up to 7 units, for any properties above 7 units there will be an additional £15 fee per additional unit. The council is responsible for maintaining a licensing scheme for properties of this type, so if your property fits the criteria outlined in the guidance please contact us.
See below for further guidance:-
The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) is the government's system for assessing the health and safety risks in dwellings, in order to inspect properties in the private sector.
We hold regular landlord forums to let you know about new legislation and provide advice and information.
Details of our last landlords forum which took place on Wednesday 18th July 2018 with speakers covering topics including NLA News, Resettlement Services/Housing & Welfare, Lets for Life and Preventing Cannabis Cultivation. To view the presentations from our last forum please see below.
Homestamp is an award-winning partnership consortium with a direct interest in private sector housing, comprising of Local Authorities, the private rented sector, Universities, Police and Fire Services.
Are you a landlord/managing agent of a residential premises that has ‘common areas’ such as shared hallways, kitchens, bathrooms and living rooms? If so the Smoke free legislation, which came into force in England on the 1st July 2007, applies to you.
Around 3.6 million people live in private rented accommodation. Whilst the majority of landlords provide good quality accommodation, a minority of landlords try to exploit their tenants - often targeting the most vulnerable in society, placing them in squalid, overcrowded or poor conditions.
We have signed up to the Rogue Landlord Project and will investigate landlords where complaints have been made about them or their rented property.
Private sector landlords are required from 1 October 2015 to have at least one smoke alarm installed on every storey of their properties and a carbon monoxide alarm in any room containing a solid fuel burning appliance (e.g. coal fire, wood burning stove). After that, the landlord must make sure the alarms are in working order at the start of each tenancy.
Contact housing enforcement team
Housing Enforcement Team, Dudley MBC, Harbour Buildings, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, DY5 1LN
Telephone: 01384 815118
