If you have a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Leeds, you need to comply with licensing requirements of the Housing Act 2004. Leeds landlords with a licensable HMO must attend a professional landlord development course in order to satisfy the Leeds HMO licence conditions. A licensable HMO is one with 3 or more storeys and five or more unrelated occupants.
Working in partnership with Leeds City Council and the Leeds Landlords' Accreditation Scheme (LLAS), the Residential Landlords' Association (RLA) offers a one-day professional development course for landlords covering the essential elements of ‘managing a tenancy’ and ‘health and safety requirements’ under Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) to comply with the HMO licensing condition. Other landlords with smaller HMO’s or properties to rent in Leeds are also encouraged to attend.
These courses have been running at venues in Leeds since April 2007. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis, and therefore landlords are encouraged to book early. There is also a £30 discount per place for members of the RLA and LLAS
Both licence holders and managing agents are reminded that HMO licence conditions specify a timescale within which they should have attended a training course approved by Leeds City Council. It is an offence not to have complied with the training requirement within the timescales specified.