Housing in Multiple Occupation | North Northamptonshire Council

HMOs are properties occupied by 3 or more adults or children, who form more than one household (including buildings converted into self-contained flats that don't meet the standards of the 1991 Building Regulations).

A household can be a single person or several members of the same family. For example:

a house occupied by a brother, sister and one other unrelated occupant would form two households
three unrelated persons would form three households

The tenancy agreement isn't relevant in determining if a house is an HMO - nor is the size of the property (e.g. the number of storeys)

Our Private Sector Housing (PSH) Operations team licence and regulate HMOs. They can be emailed at [email protected].

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Search for an HMO by selecting Advanced, Licences, and choose Houses in Multiple Occupation in the Category field.

Narrow this down further with the first line of the address in the search. Search by area by adding the following to the 'Alternative Reference' field:

BCW for our Wellingborough area
CBC for our Corby area
ENC for our East Northamptonshire area
KBC for our Kettering area

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Licences

All HMOs of 5 or more occupants are now licensable, regardless of how many storeys the property has.

In purpose-built flats where there are up to two flats in the block, a licence will be required if:

one or both of the flats are occupied by 5 or more people
the occupants form 2 or more separate households
this will apply regardless of whether the block is above or below commercial premises

Apply for a licence