الترخيص الانتقائي

دليل

Landlord compliance checklist (England)

Every legal check for a private let in England in one list: gas, EICR, EPC, alarms, deposit, right to rent, the information sheet and the landlord database.

دليل

Do I need a licence to let my property? HMO, additional and selective licensing

Five or more people from two or more households need a mandatory HMO licence. Your council may also license smaller HMOs, or every let in an area. How to check, and what happens without one.

دليل

What can landlords be fined for in England? A checklist

Every penalty a private landlord in England can face, with the official maximum for each: the Renters' Rights Act's £7,000 and £40,000 civil penalties, rent repayment orders of up to two years' rent, deposits, fees, right to rent, gas, electrics, alarms, energy ratings and licensing. Maxima only, from GOV.UK and the legislation; councils set their own starting points.

دليل

The landlord database and ombudsman: when you must register

The Private Rented Sector Database opens on 15 December 2026, region by region from the West Midlands to the South West, with three months to register in each region. The landlord ombudsman follows. Every landlord in England will need an entry for each property.

مسرد المصطلحات

Additional licensing

A council scheme that requires licences for smaller HMOs, below the mandatory threshold, in a designated area.

مسرد المصطلحات

Civil penalty

A fine a council can impose on a landlord or agent instead of prosecuting, for breaches of housing law such as letting an unlicensed HMO or ignoring an improvement notice.

مسرد المصطلحات

House in multiple occupation (HMO)

A home let to three or more people who form more than one household and share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. HMOs have extra safety rules and often need a licence.

مسرد المصطلحات

Mandatory HMO licensing

The national rule that any HMO occupied by five or more people forming two or more households needs a licence from the council.

مسرد المصطلحات

Private Rented Sector Database (PRS Database)

The national register every private landlord in England, and each home they let, must join. It opens by region from 15 December 2026; all by 14 November 2027.

مسرد المصطلحات

Rent repayment order (RRO)

An order of the First-tier Tribunal that a landlord repay rent to a tenant, or benefits to the council, because the landlord committed certain housing offences.