Government Proposes Minimum Bedroom Size For Rental Properties

The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size as part of a drive to stop landlords carving up houses into ever smaller rooms to maximise rental income. Bedrooms in houses of multiple occupation would have to be a minimum of 6.5 sq m (70 sq ft), and landords letting rooms smaller than that would be guilty of a criminal offence. The proposal was sparked by an outcry over “rabbit hutch properties”, many costing as much as £1,000 a month, as landlords cash in on the booming housing market, particularly in London. In one instance, tenants at a flat in Hendon, north London, had to crawl on all fours to reach their rented bedroom, because the entrance was just 70cm high. Read more on the Guardian website.