Additional HMO Licensing Consultation 2022

Overall, the majority of respondents agree or strongly agree that licensing will help to achieve the 5 aims set out in the proposal. The group showing the most disagreement with the statements is HMO landlords.

Half of the total respondents agree with the proposed fee structure (51%), whilst 17% neither agree nor disagree, and 31% disagree.

The majority of respondents strongly agree with the standards set out by the potential licence conditions (59%).

Overall, the majority of respondents agree with the proposal to introduce additional licensing across the whole city (69%), whilst a fifth of respondents strongly disagree. Of the respondents who disagree with introducing additional licensing across the whole city, 84% would not like the scheme introduced in any areas of the city, whilst 16% would like it introduced in fewer areas of the city.

• To measure the level of support with the proposed scheme
• To understand the extent to which audiences agree or disagree with individual areas of the scheme
• To capture opinions of those impacted by the decision to introduce additional licensing for HMOs

A predominantly quantitative online survey was launched on 23 May 2022 and was open for ten weeks. It was promoted through targeted marketing and communications channels including social media and email marketing. Residents of non-licensed HMOs were also targeted via postcode for face-to-face interviews, to boost engagement.

In total, the survey received 1,050 responses, with 231 of these from face-to-face interviewing.