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April 2000, Leeds (Lobby) and Birmingham (TARA) begin national network, and Sheffield (Broomhill) and Loughborough (Storer Road) join.

May 2000, Hull joins network.

November 2000, Nottingham (Forum) and Southampton (Polygon) join network.

February 2001, Manchester (Platt Lane) joins network

July 2001, Lincoln (West End) joins network.

6 October 2001, Birmingham visits Leeds.

April 2002, York (Groves) joins network.

July 2002, Cardiff (Forum) joins network.

16 August 2002, Nottingham visits Leeds.

October 2002, Coventry (Spon End) and Sheffield (Broomhall Park & Sharrowvale) join network, and on 17 October, Leeds visits Nottingham.

December 2002, St Anne's joins network.

July 2003, York (Groves NA & Heslington) and Belfast (Holyland) join network.

September 2003, Southampton (Federation) joins network.

October 2003, Glasgow (Hillhead), Plymouth and Nottingham (NAG) join network.

14 January 2004, Use Classes Order, representation to DOE, Northern Ireland, and Coleraine (Portstewart) joins network.

12 February 2004 (with Nottingham) Managing Multiple Occupancy, representation to Minister for Housing, Planning & Regeneration.

May 2004, Durham (Crossgates) and Bristol (Redland) join network.

June 2004, Bath (Federation) joins network.

22 October 2004, Unipol Conference, Students, Housing & Community, Leeds, attended by members ('What the Community wants' presented); 29 October, Liverpool visits Leeds.

November 2004: St Andrews and Liverpool (Marybone) join, and National HMO Lobby formally constituted (with 28 groups in 22 towns); Studentification discussion document (revised January, April 2005); 29 November, Use Classes Order, representation to Minister for Housing, Planning & Regeneration.

13 December 2004, Accreditation in Scotland, representation to Communities Scotland.

January 2005, Lobby website launched, and Edinburgh (MAGPIE) joins Lobby; 18 January, letter to Guardian; 19 January, Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan, representation to DOE, Northern Ireland.

February 2005, Response to Consultation on Implementation of HMO Licensing, representation to ODPM.

March 2005, What is a HMO? briefing bulletin; 3 March, Use Classes Order, representation to Minister for Housing, Planning & Regeneration; 10 March, Scotland Regional Meeting; and Leicester (Knyghton) joins Lobby.

April 2005, London (CRARAG), Southampton (Residents Action Group) and Swansea (Brynmill & Uplands) join the Lobby; 29 April, letter to THES.

2 May 2005, Housing (Scotland) Bill, representation to the Communities Committee of the Scottish Parliament; May 2005, Sustainable Communities, representation to the newly-appointed Minister for Housing & Planning, Yvette Cooper MP; Householder Consents, representation to ODPM; Canterbury (Hale's Place RA) joins the Lobby.

June 2005, Downstream South (Bath) joins the Lobby.

July 2005, Highfield Residents Association (Southampton) joins the Lobby; 14 July, Nottingham visits Leeds.

September 2005, Saint John's Residents' Association (Bristol) joins the Lobby; 2 September, Leeds, Loughborough & Nottingham meet in Nottingham; Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan, representation to DOE, Northern Ireland.

October 2005, Hull leaves the Lobby (due to demise of Newington Citizens Action Group), and Hatfield joins; Affordability & the Supply of Housing, representation to Commons Select Committee on ODPM; Make Landlords of HMOs Pay Tax, petition launched by Campaign for a Sustainable Canterbury.

1-2 November 2005, Liverpool visits Belfast; 24 November, N2K Community Conference Holyland, Belfast, attended by National Co-ordinator; Local HMO Plans briefing bulletin; Report 2005 compiled.

December 2005, Jesmond RA (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) joins the Lobby.

January 2006, Accounting for Sustainability and Keeping the Peace discussion documents; 24 January, Living in the Shadow of the Ivory Tower, press release; 25 January, Universities UK The Engagement of Students and Higher Education Institutions with their Communities Conference, London, attended by National Co-ordinator.

1 February 2006, Studentification, representation to Minister for Higher Education; 10 February, Campaign for the Sustainability of Canterbury Students & Community Working Together Conference, Canterbury, attended by National Co-ordinator.

April 2006, Balanced Communities discussion document; Talbot Village RA (Poole) and Claremont RA (Blackpool) join the Lobby; 21 April, Sustainable Communities Seminar, Durham, attended by National Co-ordinator; Parliamentary HMO Lobby, representations to MPs.

May 2006, Bangor joins the Lobby; 12 May, Students & Communities Revisited, Unipol Conference, Nottingham, attended by members from a dozen towns ('Students, Community & Sustainability' to be presented); 25 May, letter to Guardian.

June 2006, Ten Point Plan briefing bulletin; 19 June 2006 Faint Praise for Universities news release; 27 June, Universities UK, Students & Communities Living in Harmony? House of Commons, attended by NAG, representing the Lobby.

July 2006, Mandatory HMO Licensing Notification Form [available from National HMO Lobby]; Old Trafford Group (Manchester) joins the Lobby; 7 & 14 July, letters to THES.

August 2006, Fern Avenue Residents Group (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) joins the Lobby; 10 August, Silo thinking misses the boat, news release; 12 August, letter to Times.

September 2006, From Decent Homes to Sustainable Communities, representation to DCLG; 8 September 'It's good to discourage' Comment Inside Housing; 13 September, letter to Guardian; 28 September, letter to Country Life; Badger Hill Action Group joins the Lobby.

October 2006, The Supply of Rented Housing, representation to Select Committee for Communities & Local Government; Students in the Private Rented Sector, briefing bulletin; 30 October, University of York Public Inquiry, evidence submitted by National Co-ordinator.

November 2006, Report 2006 compiled; East Bassett RA and Bassett, Highfield & Swaythling Community Action Forum (both Southampton) join the Lobby.

January 2007, Alexandra Quay Management Company (Southampton) joins the Lobby.

1 February 2007, East Midlands Regional Meeting, Nottingham; Nottingham Action Group website.

2 March 2007, 'What Communities Want' NUS Students and the Community Forum Roundtable Think Tank, London; 7 March, 'The Trauma of Turnover' Connecting Coastal Communities, BURA Seaside Network Conference, Scarborough; 28 March, 'Mug the Minister' simultaneous representations to Minister for Local Government & Community Cohesion, by Loughborough, Nottingham and National HMO Lobby.

3 April 2007, 'Students in the Community: Studentification' Annual Conference, ASRA, Swansea; 26 April, letter to Local Government Chronicle.

8 May 2007, Loughborough delegation met the Minister for Local Government, London; Egham RA, Surrey, joins the Lobby.

5 June 2007, News Release NUS: Not Under Stood; 7 June, 'Students in the Community: Studentification' SE Regional Meeting, ASRA, Greenwich; 19 June, 'Studentification: Tackling Causes, Tackling Effects', Studentification: the next steps, Conference, Norwich; 27 June, 'The National HMO Lobby', APPG Inaugural Meeting, Westminster.

12 September 2007, Regeneration & Renewal Balanced Mixed Communities Conference, Manchester, attended by Nationla Co-ordinator; 20 September, BURA Social Challenge of the Seaside Rhyl, attended by National Co-ordinator; Falmouth Pact Panel and Treforest Residents Association, Pontypridd, join the Lobby.

October, A Representation on Homes for the Future Housing Green Paper presented to DCLG; October, 'Love Thy Neighbour' Campus Life, #02, p6; 25 October, Universities UK Uni & the Community Conference, London, attended by National Co-ordinator; 25 October, Engaging with the Community: Open Letter to Our Universities presented to President, Universities UK; Bede Park Area Action Group, Leicester, joins the Lobby.

November 2007, Report 2007 compiled; TownGownWorld website launched; Winton Community Forum, Bournemouth, joins the Lobby.

5 February 2008, Nottingham delegation met the Minister for Planning, London.

4 March 2008, DCLG, Private Rented Sector Review, Policy Round Table: Student Housing, London; 5 March, Balanced Communities or Studentification? News Release; 5 March, Representation on A New University Challenge; 13 March, East Midlands Regional Meeting, Nottingham; 13 March, National HMO Lobby Balanced Communities & Studentification launch, Nottingham; Withington Civic Society, Manchester, and Swansea Sustainable Community Initiative join the Lobby.

9 April 2008, DCLG HMOs Seminar, London; April, UCO & HMO Hymn Sheet.

13 May 2008, visit by Iain Wright, Minister for Planning, to Loughborough and Nottingham.

June 2008, Divinity Road Area Residents Association, Oxford, and Palatine Road Committee and King Edward Avenue West Committee Action Group, both in Blackpool, join the Lobby.

July 2008, Elm Grove Area Residents Action Group, Brighton, and Proprietors of Monkwood Court, Edinburgh, join the Lobby.

August 2008, Gerald Road East Action Team (GREAT), Salford, joins the Lobby; 21 August, representation on Sustainable Development in Higher Education.

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