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• Additional Licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/business-investment/additional-licensing

  The council introduced an additional licensing scheme, which applied to certain Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) not already covered by mandatory HMO licensing, which ran from 1st October 2018 until 30th September 2023. While the requirement to licence has now ended, valid licenses are still operative and must be complied with.

• Houses in multiple occupation

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/houses-in-multiple-occupation

  Houses in multiple occupation with five or more tenants belonging to two or more households, require a licence from the council.

• Managing a tenancy, tenancy deposits & eviction

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/managing-a-tenancy-tenancy-deposits-eviction

  Understanding your rights and responsibility under a tenancy will assist landlords and tenants in helping to make sure lettings run smoothly and that both parties have a clear understanding of their relationship. Deposits in the private rented sector must be now held centrally in a government operated scheme. Eviction can be a complex area of the law and the requirements to be able to use eviction notices has changed.

• Lettings Agents & Fees

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/lettings-agents-fees

  From 1st June 2019, most tenant fees are now banned. The ban also applies to guarantors.

• Houses in multiple occupation licensing

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/houses-in-multiple-occupation-licensing

  If you're a landlord or property managing agent who lets houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), you may need to apply for a licence.

• Fire safety in private rented accommodation (non-HMO)

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/fire-safety-in-private-rented-accommodation-non-hmo

  Landlords have a legal obligation to make sure that the risk posed by fire is managed and that safety measures are in place to reduce the risk. Council officers carrying out risk based inspections under the HHSRS must consider fire safety as part of the overall assessment of property standards and you will be expected to do all that is reasonable in the interests of safety. Specific regulations apply in addition to a risk based approach which are detailed in this page.

• Waste Management in Private Rented Properties

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/waste-management-in-private-rented-properties

  Local authorities, tenants and landlords all need to work together to maintain the Borough as an attractive place where people want to live and thrive. Landlords play an important role in this and have an interest in making sure that tenants are educated in using the Council's waste services. Having good check-in and check-out procedures and being armed with the correct information can greatly reduce the likelihood of waste management issues arising during the tenancy.

• Electrical Safety in Private Rented Accommodation

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/electrical-safety-in-private-rented-property

  We recognise that most landlords fully understand their obligations to keep electrical installations in repair and good working order and that most already undertake regular electrical safety checks. Regulations are now in force requiring that landlords have the electrical installation at their properties checked at least once every five years.

• Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction forms

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/council-tax-benefits/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-support-forms

  Forms to apply, provide evidence and further information for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction.

• Apply for it: Benefits - Application for payment of Housing Benefit direct to your landlord

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/doitonline/benefits-payment-of-local-housing-allowance-direct-to-your-landlord

  Request for payment of Housing Benefit to be paid direct to a private landlord where a person has difficulty managing their finances.