The Department recognises the impact of EU migration and, in partnership with the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), is currently developing a toolkit of good practice guidance for local authorities on issues such as overcrowding in Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).
The number of HMOs in local authority areas has been collected by the Department through the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) since 2001. The following table indicates the number of HMOs in Peterborough since 2004.
Number of HMOs in the City of Peterborough 2003-04 800 2004-05 1,000 2005-06 1,000
The following table indicates the number of HMOs in all local authorities in the eastern region since 2004.
Local authority area 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Babergh 30 30 30 Basildon 25 40 38 Bedford 450 450 450 Braintree 53 50 50 Breckland 316 468 506 Brentwood 70 50 50 Broadland 400 100 88 Broxbourne 35 63 75 Cambridge 3,717 3,717 3,717 Castle Point 1— 8 290 Chelmsford 358 82 91 Colchester 438 164 191 Dacorum 46 36 40 East Cambridgeshire 40 40 40 East Hertfordshire 92 97 96 Epping Forest 4,400 130 250 Fenland 163 300 300 Forest Heath 100 59 150 Great Yarmouth 550 550 550 Harlow 74 79 132 Hertsmere 76 76 76 Huntingdonshire 52 52 52 Ipswich 687 953 958 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 216 300 315 Luton 812 884 821 Maldon 11 20 7 Mid Bedfordshire 23 14 8 Mid Suffolk 55 42 53 North Hertfordshire 61 60 60 North Norfolk 373 373 57 Norwich 1,500 1500 1900 Peterborough 800 1000 1000 Rochford 40 40 12 South Bedfordshire 164 1— 1— South Cambridgeshire 473 284 284 South Norfolk 78 29 589 Southend-on-Sea 158 159 150 St. Albans 326 305 333 St. Edmundsbury 76 78 86 Stevenage 320 320 86 Suffolk Coastal 414 321 339 Tendring 242 233 227 Three Rivers 48 56 17 Thurrock 163 256 179 Uttlesford 25 0 50 Watford 217 216 216 Waveney 30 25 40 Welwyn Hatfield 1,400 1,400 1,400 1 No return.
The Department does not currently hold data for 2006-07.