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The Council's Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy is changing to incorporate new legislation, and to ensure that our existing policies are effective at protecting the health safety and welfare of tenants.
We are consulting on changes to the existing Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy to empower the Council to fully utilise legislation that has recently been introduced, and to improve how the Council currently uses its enforcement powers. The proposed changes are designed to ensure that the Council uses its enforcement powers in a manner which is proportionate to risk, expedient, efficient, consistent and fair.
We review and amend the Policy from time to time to ensure that it remains transparent and is up to date.
Over recent years new legislation has been introduced which enables the Council to regulate the condition of private rented homes in different ways, and we are committed to continually review how we use this legislation. It is therefore time to update the policy to take account of these legislative changes but also a good time to amend areas of the policy to make improvements and adjustments to ensure that we are using our enforcement powers in the best way.
The consultation seeks your views on the most notable changes of the policy. We would also like your views on whether the Council should be doing more to regulate conditions in the Private Rented Sector.
The consultation has now closed. We are currently analysing the results and will report these in due course.
The Council's Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy is changing to incorporate new legislation, and to ensure that our existing policies are effective at protecting the health safety and welfare of tenants.
We are consulting on changes to the existing Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy to empower the Council to fully utilise legislation that has recently been introduced, and to improve how the Council currently uses its enforcement powers. The proposed changes are designed to ensure that the Council uses its enforcement powers in a manner which is proportionate to risk, expedient, efficient, consistent and fair.
We review and amend the Policy from time to time to ensure that it remains transparent and is up to date.
Over recent years new legislation has been introduced which enables the Council to regulate the condition of private rented homes in different ways, and we are committed to continually review how we use this legislation. It is therefore time to update the policy to take account of these legislative changes but also a good time to amend areas of the policy to make improvements and adjustments to ensure that we are using our enforcement powers in the best way.
The consultation seeks your views on the most notable changes of the policy. We would also like your views on whether the Council should be doing more to regulate conditions in the Private Rented Sector.
The consultation has now closed. We are currently analysing the results and will report these in due course.
Please complete our short survey to give your views on on the draft Private Sector Housing Enforcement Policy. This survey will close on the 27/05/2022.
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Page last updated: 30 May 2022, 02:45 PM
Overview
The council has legal duties to ensure that accommodation in the private rented sector meets minimum housing management, health and safety standards and to deal with landlords and letting agents that fail to meet those standards.
