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Exempt properties rented by three unrelated people from HMO rules

Submitted by Robert Brown on Tuesday 8th April 2025

Published on Tuesday 6th May 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 6th November 2025

Signatures: 27

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Cost ~ Cost of living ~ Friends ~ Landlords ~ Price ~ Rents ~ Rule ~ unrelated ~ Years

Petition Action

Exempt properties rented by three unrelated people from HMO rules

Petition Details

Currently, if 3 friends want to rent a home together, a dwelling needs to be an HMO. In an age where some rents have risen nearly 50% in just 4 years, this rule seems outdated and may be preventing a lot of people sharing a house to ease the cost of living.

Additional Information

We believe that exempting properties from HMO rules when there are three unrelated people living together would allow friends to rent together without the need for the landlord to abide by HMO rules which could increases rent prices.


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