Additional HMO licensing in Haringey

What the designation says

Haringey operates a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for houses in multiple occupation, running from 2024 to 2029. A licence is required for shared properties that fall outside the mandatory regime, typically those let to three or four people forming two or more households who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. The published fee is £1,295 for a five-year licence. Because Haringey also runs selective licensing across the twelve eastern wards, a landlord there should establish which of the two schemes catches a given property before applying: a shared house of three or four occupants falls under additional licensing, while a single-household let falls under selective. Letting a licensable HMO without a licence carries a civil penalty of up to £30,000 or prosecution, and exposes the landlord to a rent repayment order for up to twelve months of rent.

What this means for a landlord

A licence must be in place before the property is let, not applied for afterwards. Operating unlicensed in a designated area is a criminal offence: a civil penalty of up to £30,000 per offence, a rent repayment order of up to twelve months' rent, and a section 21 notice that cannot be served while the property is unlicensed. Mandatory HMO licensing applies separately and everywhere, wherever a property is let to five or more people forming two or more households.

Haringey's own licensing page →