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Housing in Multiple Occupation service standards

Medway Council is determined to make sure that people living in Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) are comfortable and safe and enjoy adequate space and facilities.

The council is responsible for licensing such premises and has drawn up detailed standards that apply to shared houses and flats, self-contained flats, hostels and bedsits.

There are minimum standards that HMOs need to meet within the Medway Council area. The council will refer to these standards when deciding how many people or households can occupy a property.

While the Housing Service Standards: HMO leaflet below is designed to help landlords make sure they are meeting the right standards, the council will take other factors into account when dealing with each property.

It may decide after carrying out a risk assessment that other measures need to be taken to ensure that the housing standards are satisfactory for each unit of living accommodation. Alternatively it could decide that the standards can be varied in a particular case.

Landlords who are in any doubt as to the standards they need to meet should get in touch with the private sector housing team by phoning 01634 333066.


Go to Housing Service Standards: Houses in Multiple Occupation on our housing leaflets page.

For more information contact Housing Strategy and Development Service by telephone: 01634 306000 or by email: housing@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Housing Strategy and Development Service , Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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