FOI request (FOIR-739281508)

HMO Data by LSOA and local authority

Requested Tue 12 August 2025
Responded Tue 16 September 2025

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting data regarding Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and residential dwelling stock within your council's administrative area.

Please provide the following information, correct as of the date you process this request. I would be grateful if you could state the date for which the data is provided in your response.

1. The total number of HMOs within the council's boundary.

2. The total number of residential dwellings within the council's boundary.

3. A list of all Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) within the council's boundary, with a corresponding count of the number of HMOs located within each LSOA.

4. A list of all LSOAs within the council's boundary, with a corresponding count of the total number of residential dwellings within each LSOA.

I request that this information be provided in a machine-readable format, such as a Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) or comma-separated values (.csv) file, to allow for analysis.

This request for information on HMOs is made in the context of the council's statutory duty to maintain a public register under Section 232 of the Housing Act 2004.

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Response

1. HMOs within the council's boundary:

Mandatory HMOS valid as at 18/08/25 is 85.

Additional HMOS valid as at 18/08/25 is 124.

To clarify this is the data held for licensed HMO's within the borough.

2. The total number of residential dwellings as at 10th September 2025 is 44,742.

3. Information not held. We do not hold LSOAs.

4. Information not held. We do not hold LSOAs.