{"id":677,"date":"2011-03-30T09:31:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T09:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2016-09-20T16:59:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:59:32","slug":"shared-room-rates-changes-will-be-enforced-earlier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.withcreative.co.uk\/lforl\/shared-room-rates-changes-will-be-enforced-earlier\/","title":{"rendered":"Shared Room Rates &#038; Changes will be Enforced Earlier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rigsby-rents-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-678 alignleft\" title=\"rigsby rents (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.legal4landlords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/rigsby-rents-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Latest landlord News by: Madalena Penny<\/p>\n<p>New rules were announced this week affecting the shared room rate.\u00a0 The increased threshold for single room occupancy rising from 25-35 year-olds was to be introduced in April 2012 but will now come into effect 3 months earlier in January 2012.\u00a0 It is understood that the earlier introduction is to bring it in line with all housing benefit caps enforced on existing tenancies in January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Housing welfare groups and housing experts alike believe that a significant reduction in housing benefit for single people within this age group living in HMO\u2019s could face homelessness as a result of the caps.<\/p>\n<p>According to housing minister, Grant Shapps, the increase in age threshold will lead to a further 88,000 extra rooms to support the change.\u00a0 Last month 4 local authorities challenged the government\u2019s introduction to HMO controls through article 4 direction.\u00a0 By asking for a judicial review, the local authorities believe that the government failed to consult the appropriate planning authorities before altering the GDPO (General Permitted Development Order).<\/p>\n<p>If the Authorities in question do however have their case upheld, it could mean the automatic change in classification resulting in planning permission being sought by landlords.\u00a0 A consequence of this will be less HMO\u2019s for both benefit claimants and students.<\/p>\n<p>However some local authorities have been quite clever in their approach to studentification.\u00a0 Brighton &amp; Hove City Council along with Brighton University have teamed up and established a social letting scheme.\u00a0 Enforcing stricter tenancy conditions to deter anti-social behaviour from students they aim to optimize distribution of HMO\u2019s within the private rented sector.<\/p>\n<p>There is still only speculation concerning the impact the caps will have on the private sector and benefit claimants when they are introduced. 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