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<p>As at 31 March 2016, local authorities provided the Department with estimate numbers
of total mandatory licensable Housi (HMOs) at 63,950. The actual number of properties
which have been issued a mandatory HMO licence is 40,970. Therefore, the current proportion
is 65 per cent.</p><p>Measures within the Housing and Planning Act 2016 provide further
help to local authorities in identifying mandatory licensable HMOs and tackling rogue
landlords avoiding licensing by providing access to information held by the Tenancy
Deposit protection schemes.</p><p>The figures for the proportion of HMOs licensed
for previous years are available since 2011, published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data</a></p><p>
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