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Multiple Occupation

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 25 November 2025UIN 91615

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Houses of Multiple Occupation there were in England in each year since 2010.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Estimates of the number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in England in each year since 2000-01 can be found in my Department’s Local Authority Housing Statistics open data, which can be found on gov.uk here.

The latest figures for 2023-24 show an estimated 472,823 HMOs in England.

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