Housing and HMO Standards
Raise housing standards and extend HMO controls across Burnley.
Everyone deserves a decent, safe home. The vast majority of landlords are fair, but a minority let properties slide below any reasonable standard, and it is neighbours and tenants who pay the price.
The problem
Uncontrolled conversion of family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) can change the character of a street quickly, and where standards are not enforced it drags a neighbourhood down with it.
Burnley has introduced Article 4 controls, which let the council regulate that conversion, across nine of the borough’s fifteen wards. Six wards still have no protection at all.
What we are campaigning for
Reform councillors, including Cllr Liam Thomson, have pressed to extend Article 4 protection to the wards that currently have none, so the same standards apply right across Burnley rather than stopping at an arbitrary line on a map.
We back decent housing standards and stronger action against the small number of landlords who let properties fall below them.
Our commitments
- Campaign to extend Article 4 HMO controls to all fifteen Burnley wards.
- Back robust enforcement of housing standards against the worst landlords.
- Stand up for tenants and neighbours living next to badly-run properties.