Houses in Multiple Occupation

Someone is considered a member of another person's family if:

• he or she lives with that person as a couple
• one of them is related to the other
• or is a relative of one member of the couple.

and where

• 'couple' means two people who are married to each other or live together as husband and wife (or equivalent same sex partnership)
• 'relative' means a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or first cousin* (*a child of a parent's sibling; nephew or niece of a parent; a child of an uncle or aunt; someone who shares common grandparents but not parents)
• a half-blood relationship is treated the same as a whole blood relationship
• a stepchild of a person is to be treated as his/her child.