Landlords are planning to take Nottingham City Council to court over a licensing scheme which will charge the best part of £1,000 for a five-year licence.
According to the local paper, the East Midlands Property Owners Association is to formally tell the council of its intention to take the authority to a judicial review.
The scheme, which is set to come into force on January 1, will affect some 3,200 Houses of Multiple Occupation.
Landlords will have to pay a one-off fee of £910 for the five years, reduced by £115 for landlords already accredited to existing approved schemes.
Giles Inman, the association’s business development officer, said: “The attitude among the landlords is that we are fed up and frustrated that this entire scheme has been rolled out with very little consultation with landlords.”
He added: “We have one landlord that has 70 houses, and the majority of these will be impacted upon by the additional licensing. This landlord is already accredited and already subscribes to the legislation required of him. From his point of view, there is very little this additional licensing is going to offer him other than a huge bill.”
More here:
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Landlords-taking-Nottingham-City-Council-court/story-19938482-detail/story.html#ixzz2hsEyZT4O
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One of our local Councils employed complete half-wits in its HMO section. One application still hasn't been processed despite being submitted in 2007! We gave up chasing them after about three years.
I reckon most Councils see HMOs much the same way as they do parking fines: a nice little earner!