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Housing Act 2004

Schedule 14: Buildings which are not HMOs for the purposes of this Act (excluding Part 1)

710.Schedule 14 describes buildings that are not HMOs for the purposes of the Act (other than Part 1). These include buildings managed or controlled by Registered Social Landlords and other public sector bodies; buildings that are regulated by other legislation and prescribed as exempt; certain buildings occupied by religious communities; buildings occupied by freeholders and long leaseholders (with less than a prescribed number of lodgers or tenants) (which are not converted blocks within the meaning of section 257) and buildings occupied by no more than two people. Buildings that are managed by universities principally for the occupation of students are also exempt if the university is specified in a regulation to that effect.

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