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Housing Trends in Scotland: Quarter Ending 31 March 2003

HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION

Applications under the mandatory licensing scheme and licenses in force at the year end: 2002/03

Table 17

Type of HMO

Applications received

Applications refused 1

Applications granted 1

Licences revoked or suspended

Applications pending at 31 March 2003

Licences in force at 31 March 2003 2

Landlord with lodgers

34

1

20

-

24

39

Bed-sits

27

1

36

-

26

120

Flats or houses let as a whole

2,462

10

653

1

1,332

1,225

Nurses' homes

22

-

1

-

22

15

Student halls of residence

188

-

183

-

150

256

B&Bs, hotels and guesthouses

17

-

13

-

18

35

Hostels (LA and charity)

38

-

37

-

29

61

Sheltered accommodation

42

-

44

-

40

70

NHS hospitals - where employees resident

21

-

1

-

23

10

Other employee residences

8

-

3

-

8

32

All types of HMO (totals) 3,4

2,859

12

991

1

1,672

1,922

1. Applications refused and granted are not necessarily from the same year as when the application was received.
2. Licenses in force will exclude withdrawn applications and include applications refused and subsequently appealed.
3. Includes estimates based upon 2002 figures for Falkirk due to outstanding returns.
4. Totals include all types of HMO totals but not the breakdown of individual figures.

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