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When is a residential letting agent not a person managing a licensable HMO? When it is a ‘let-only’ arrangement (Cetin v Epping Forest District Council)

When is a residential letting agent not a person managing a licensable HMO? When it is a ‘let-only’ arrangement (Cetin v Epping Forest District Council)

Stephanie Smith (formerly Lovegrove) has written a case analysis in partnership with LexisNexis UK.

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀: This Upper Tribunal appeal decision found that a residential letting agent who is instructed on a ‘let only’ basis to let a room in an HMO and who has no further involvement with the property after receiving a single instalment of rent on the day of the letting, is not a person managing’ the HMO within the meaning of section 263(3) of the Housing Act 2004, so as to be subject to statutory duties in relation to HMO licensing and management and to be exposed to the risk of criminal or civil sanctions in the event of a breach of those duties.

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