Leicester City Council runs a selective licensing scheme for privately rented homes. Its page names the areas covered as "parts of" "Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Fosse, Westcotes, Stoneygate, Saffron", shown on the council's map, says the scheme "was introduced in October 2022" and "will be reviewed in October 2027", and states that it covers "All rented properties including small houses in multiple occupation (HMO)" in those areas, which it defines as "a property rented to two or more households, with up to four people sharing". The council lists the standards behind a licence as "gas and electrical certification, fire safety, general repairs, property management, tenancy agreements, anti-social behaviour", and adds that "fire detection and alarm systems must be linked, and connected to the mains". Larger HMOs sit outside this scheme and mandatory HMO licensing may still apply to them.
Deposit protection is a national rule. GOV.UK states that a deposit must be protected where the home is rented on an assured periodic tenancy, and that assured periodic tenancies replaced assured shorthold tenancies on 1 May 2026. It names the three schemes in England and Wales as the Deposit Protection Service, MyDeposits and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, states that the landlord or letting agent "must put your tenants' deposit in the scheme within 30 days of getting it", and lists what the tenant must be told within 30 days, including "how to apply to get the deposit back at the end of the tenancy" and "what to do if there's a dispute over the amount of deposit to be returned at the end of the tenancy".
We would link landlords and agents to the council's designation map and the small HMO definition. Your page would set out the communal areas included, the room by room checklist, the access arrangements, completion photographs and your return visit policy.