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Re: Landlords
Andrew I can give you an example of how the controlling group (ie Tories) are only paying lip service to the problems of bad landlords. Hyndburn council have a list of properties which are in a bad state of repair - this is reviewed every couple of months. There is a certain landlord who has numerous properties on this list, causing all sorts of problems for the people who are unfortunate enough to live near to one of these properties. However there is not a great deal of enforcement action being taken against him.
I have been to several meetings of the Environmental Improvement Working Group and the only conclusion I have drawn from the lack of action against this landlord is that the controlling group have a distinct lack of interest in trying to solve the problem of bad landlords.
Unless really strong action is taken against bad landlords - the good landlords risk being stigmatized as well.
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