HMO Fact Sheet

In assessing whether the applicant and/or any manager and/or any person associated with them or formerly associated with them are fit and proper people to own or manage an HMO the Council must have regard to:

1. unspent convictions relating to offences including fraud, dishonesty, violence or drugs, or sexual offences
2. unspent convictions relating to unlawful discrimination including on grounds of sex, race, or disability in connection with the carrying on of any business.
3. unspent convictions relating to housing or landlord and tenant law
4. the applicant has not been refused a HMO licence, been convicted of breaching the conditions of a licence or have acted otherwise than in accordance with the approved code of practice under S197 of the Act within the last five years
5. the applicant has not been in control of a property subject to an HMO Control Order, Interim Management Order (IMO) or Final Management Order (FMO) or work in default carried out by a local authority
6. the applicant has not been subject to legal proceedings by a local authority for breaches of planning, compulsory purchase, environmental protection legislation or other relevant legislation.