FOI request (FOIR-682649518)

Temporary Accommodation in Licensed HMOs

Requested Wed 29 January 2025
Responded Wed 12 February 2025

1. Can you please provide me with the total number of households that are currently being provided with temporary accommodation (TA) by the council up to the date of this request?

(Please see here for definition of TA: https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/homelessness/temporary_housing_when_homeless)

2. Of the total number of households currently in TA, can you confirm how many of those households are being housed in a House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO)?

(A HMO is a title given to properties that house three or more residents from more than one different household, who share a kitchen, toilet or bathroom facilities with the other tenants.)

(Landlords must apply for a specific HMO licence to be allowed to rent the property out under these conditions. Operating an unlicensed HMO is a criminal offence.)

Of those HMOs, how many currently have a valid HMO licence?

Response

1. 602

2. 139

3. 139