Anger as Government reverses moves to curb student bed-sits – Bath
The Government’s decision to abandon tough restrictions on the development of new student housing has been condemned by community leaders in Bath.
Politicians are campaigning to get rules forcing landlords to apply for planning permission to create bedsits reinstated after they were dropped by new housing minister Grant Shapps last month.
City MP Don Foster has signed an early day motion put forward by Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman which calls for her party’s original crackdown on so-called houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) to be adopted once more …