Her home in north Liverpool is now set between two HMOs after the adjoining properties were bought up by a developer. I don't go out anymore because I don't know what I'm coming back to. This was introduced in areas of the city where HMO numbers had reached a certain level and greater control was needed. "We just want our say, we don't want the whole character of the street to go. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementEarlier this month, Cllr Liam Robinson, leader of Liverpool Council, went as far to say the city had declared "war" on HMOs.