A Labour-controlled council in London is pressing ahead with a consultation' scheme asking whether landlords should be obliged to buy a licence to rent out some types of shared property.
The proposals, by Camden council, are set out in a consultation process which started this week despite the government's announcement limiting the powers of local authorities to introduce such schemes without ministerial consent.
The consultation is seeking the views of residents, businesses, tenants and landlords, in Camden and its neighbouring boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Westminster, Islington, City of London and Haringey.
Camden already licenses 300 Houses of Multiple Occupation and is now proposing to widen this out to include more types of shared housing, such as bedsits, house shares and converted flats.
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