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The problem kicked off in September when landlords leader Robert Greer told a BBC radio phone-in that those living in the largely student area should leave it they didn’t like students’ ‘antics’. But after the students population returned later that month several large-scale and non-compliant street parties took place. City of Belfast council now wants to require HMO owners to provide police and enforcement officers with a telephone number on which they can be contacted out-of-hours in case more anti-social behaviour takes place. This has led to a war of words between landlords and t...

Belfast councillors have clashed with landlord representatives after a Holyland landlord said the majority of people who made noise complaints were “narcissistic” and “egoistic”. At this week’s meeting of Belfast City Council’s licensing committee, elected representatives were recommended by officers to approve a change in regulations, forcing all landlords of Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMO) to provide an emergency out-of-hours contact number. The move is designed to keep landlords, who often are unaware of incidents on their properties, on top of anti-social behaviour. The co...

Holyland landlord tells councillors noise complaints are “narcissistic” and “egoistic” Councillors are considering changes to HMO terms and conditions 15:21, 18 DEC 2020 Updated The Holyland area of Belfast (Image: Shauna Corr) Want the biggest politics stories sent to you every week? Simply sign up here and we'll do the restInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we o...