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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Additional licensing

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

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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.

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Deposit cap

The most a landlord in England can take as a tenancy deposit: five weeks' rent where the annual rent is under £50,000, six weeks' at £50,000 or more.

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First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)

The tribunal that decides many housing disputes in England: challenged rent increases, rent repayment orders, banned fees, licensing appeals and leasehold service charges.

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Fitness for human habitation

The legal requirement that a rented home is fit to live in at the start and throughout the tenancy, which tenants can enforce themselves in court.

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Harassment of a tenant

Acts by a landlord or anyone for them that are likely to interfere with a tenant's peace or comfort, meant to make them leave or stop using their rights. A criminal offence.