Housing landlords in the city have yet to make a decision on whether to take legal action against Bath and North East Somerset Council.
Members of the National Landlords Association for Wessex (NLAW) met in the city last week to consider legal action against the local authority because of new legislation due to come into effect.
From January 1 next year properties that accommodate three or more unrelated tenants within the Oldfield, Widcombe, Bathwick, Lyncombe, Southdown and Twerton areas of the city will need to be licensed.
The licence will cost £500 for each property.
The council claims the new licensing will raise the standard and monitor management of houses in multiple occupation (HMO).
However the NLAW says the additional licensing will generate unnecessary additional legislative burden, risk and cost to landlords, which could discourage them from investing in properties.
More than 80 landlords from the city attended the meeting held at the Bath City football ground last week.
Chairman of the NLAW, Rob Crawford, said: "Landlords agreed that there was a clear case for legal action. Good landlords felt that they were being unfairly discriminated against.
"For many the likely costs involved meant that legal action through the courts would be untenable.
"Others are considering the funding of further professional legal advice so that the risks and chances of winning a legal case can be better understood."
He added: "This battle is far from over."
A new strategy which will shape improvements to local health and wellbeing has been drawn up for Bath and north east Somerset.
Developed by the B&NES Health and Wellbeing Board it sets out some of the major health challenges facing the area, and looks at what action needs to be taken.
Some of the broad brush priorities are to help children to be a healthy weight, improve support for families with complex needs, cut rates of alcohol misuse, enhance quality of life for people with dementia, and reduce the health and wellbeing consequences of domestic abuse.
B&NES Council cabinet member for wellbeing and chair of the local health and wellbeing board, Councillor Simon Allen, said: "This is an exciting milestone for the board and sets out our strategic intentions for the Bath and North East Somerset Council area.
"We're now really keen to work together with local providers, groups and communities to translate this into action across the entire council."
The strategy is expected to be considered at a meeting of the full council in November.
