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"licensed"?

Started by davidmaxwaterman, September 27, 2018, 11:52:07 AM

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davidmaxwaterman

Can anyone tell me what the reference to "license" is about in the paragraph below?

"They will also need to make sure the property has an up to date Gas Safety Certificate and the tenants have seen it, publish the property's Energy Performance Certificate, except when the property isn't required to have one, inform tenants which scheme their deposit is protected in and where the property is licensed, provide a copy of the licence to all of the tenants."

https://www.propertywire.com/news/uk/landlords-and-letting-agents-need-to-be-ready-for-changes-from-the-beginning-of-october/

Simon Pambin


KTC

Let's count how many times my eyes rolled reading that piece of .....


  • Landlords are already required to use Form 6A for section 21 notice if the tenancy was granted on or after 1 October 2015, not including a statutory periodic arising from a tenancy granted before that date.
  • The Housing Act as amended by the Deregulation Act, and secondary legislations are not guidelines, they're the law.
  • Requirements to provide the How to Rent guide does not and will not apply to tenancy predating 1 October 2015. It's already a requirement for tenancies from that date. Nothing is changing on this on 1 October 2018.
  • Again, unless new regulations are made by the Secretary of State, nothing is changing re. GSC and EPC for old tenancies.
  • The tenant need to more than just see a copy of the GSC. They need to be given a copy if there's any relevant gas appliance in any rooms occupied by them, or a copy need to be on prominent display with a note that the tenant can request their personal copy if the appliance is elsewhere in the building. The current copy need to be given before the tenant occupy or no s21 ever, and renewed GSC need to be given before any s21.
  • The EPC needs to be given like the GSC, not "published".
  • There's no legal question. Reg. 1(4) of The Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015, and s41(3) of the Deregulation Act 2015 are perfectly clear.

As to the OP's question. Any of mandatory licensing for HMO (from 1 October 2018 - 5 or more occupiers in two or more households), additional licensing for HMO (designated area, any HMO - more than 2 people in two or more households), and selective licensing (designated area).