HiMO House in Multiple Occupation

Your home is a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) if both of the following apply:

• at least 3 tenants live there, forming more than 1 household
• you share toilet, bathroom or kitchen facilities with other tenants

Your home is a large HMO if all of the following apply:

• it’s at least 3 storeys high
• at least 5 tenants live there, forming more than 1 household
• you share toilet, bathroom or kitchen facilities with other tenants

A household is either a single person or members of the same family who live together. A family includes people who are:

• married or living together - including people in same-sex relationships
• relatives or half-relatives, eg grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings
• step-parents and step-children