Minimum Room Size Plans ‘Fundamentally Flawed’

The Government’s impact assessment into plans to introduce minimum room sizes are ‘fundamentally flawed’, with the RLA warning that unless the shortcomings are addressed the regulations are open to challenge by judicial review. As of October this year, a national minimum bedroom size will be introduced for all licensed HMOs, in a bit to tackle overcrowding, with councils required to stipulate how many people can sleep in each room. However, the RLA believes decisions have been made based on inaccurate information – and that little consideration has been given to the negative impact the changes will have on tenants, landlords and the sector as a whole. Read more on the RLA website.

https://news.rla.org.uk/rla-writes-to-mhclg-over-licensing-of-hmos/