These HMO’s seem to be plonked in places without any thought as to how the occupants will integrate. If you take South Parade, this is a small street on one side there are 3 semi detached properties housing 6 families, my parents moved into one of these properties in 1951, my mum lived there until her death in 2020, she was the longest resident ever of SP, the properties are now occupied by 5 British families and a Polish family.

The other side of the street is terraced, these properties used to be 2 up 2 down flats, some of these terraced properties have been converted into terraced houses, I would say there must be about 14 properties on that side of the street occupied by families, it is one of these properties that is going to be converted into an HMO with 6 bedrooms.

The residents of SP are all up in arms about this Development, it is a small street that goes nowhere, they were never consulted about anything, which means that even before the 6 occupiers of the HMO arrive there is hostility which obviously means trouble. There are young families whose children play either in their gardens or in the backyards, the parents don’t want 6 migrants dumped in this small street, they are fearful of what will happen. Perhaps if the residents of SP had been consulted about possible occupants of the HMO, maybe a talk about how things will be managed might have helped matters but this has not happened, where will this situation end, hopefully not in violence but who knows?

It appears that HMO’s spring up all over the place with no consultation whatsoever no wonder residents get very angry.