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<p>Local authority data returns for 2018-19 will not be published until 2020 and we
will not have new data available until then.</p><p>As stated in response to the previous
question on this matter, Question 202108, we estimate from local authority data returns
for the period 2016-2017, that there was a stock of 495,208 Houses in Multiple Occupation
(HMOs) in England at that time. Since the 2016-17 figures were published, Government
has extended mandatory licensing of HMOs to properties of any size, given 5 or more
people from more than 1 household and we estimate that this extension will bring an
additional 170,000 properties within the scope of mandatory licensing. <br> <br>Birmingham
City Council is responsible for issuing HMO licences in Birmingham Edgbaston and therefore
may be able to provide an estimate of the number of HMOs as at 27 February.</p>
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