Originally Posted by Eafield (Post 806423)

Mr Jones has given a great response to my thread!

You will undoubtedly make a good MP, you have made no comment nor replied to any of the points I have raised.

Your response sounds as though you are the judge, jury and executioner!

Yes master, I’ll, take my medicine.

Mr Jones refers to the bad landlords, he perhaps hasn’t read my thread properly, I agree with Licensing, if correctly implemented.

Are you not a landlord yourself, Mr Jones and was it not your flyer that accused all landlords of Greed. Perhaps you could enlighten us all as to your motivation for becoming a landlord?

Originally Posted by Eafield (Post 806400)

Garinda thanks for your limited responce, my appologies for the typo the date should have read 31/03/2010 although if it had have been the 31/04/2010 then despite my obvious time travel skills my point would have been the same. Our councillor friends have been telling the world this scheme is up and running prior to having had the official go ahead. If sarcasm was as high on my agenda as it is yours I might well imply it is them that are capable of your time travel skills. Thanks again for your constructive points though.

Originally Posted by claytonender (Post 806442)

The scheme was actually approved at a meeting of Hyndburn Borough Council's Cabinet on 3 March 2010 see agenda below
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...da__030310.pdf
and also the minutes of the meeting
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...tes_030310.pdf
Minute number 506 refers.
The scheme was on the agenda of the Council meeting on 30 March 2010, but was only a report of a key decision informing the Council meeting of the Cabinet decision, this is a link to the report presented -http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloads/Item_19_-_Report_of_Key_Decision.pdf

So your remarks about Labour councillors telling everyone of the decision are disingenuous. So maybe you should apologise for your ignorance of the correct information.

Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 806447)

Where do the "bad tenants" with youngsters go when they have been evicted under the new rules , cannot for the life of me see HBC allowing a tent city being built on Broadway , are they going to take the homeless kids into care (split up a family) or re-allocate the family to a "Council" owned property a few streets away :confused: :confused:

Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 806447)

Where do the "bad tenants" with youngsters go when they have been evicted under the new rules , cannot for the life of me see HBC allowing a tent city being built on Broadway , are they going to take the homeless kids into care (split up a family) or re-allocate the family to a "Council" owned property a few streets away :confused: :confused:

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 806446)

So you didn't make a mistake, even though the person accusing you did, by posting a nonesense date, and you had indeed posted the correct, factual information?

I think a humble apology is the very least that you're owed.

Originally Posted by g jones (Post 806433)

I received a letter from the minister in the middle of January saying approval.

I believe what I am supporting is right and I am not for turning. If landlords want to jack up prices then a Labour Council will act to bring prices down.

We are more than aware of the matrix of issues and intend not to be a sit back council or one frightened of lobby groups

Originally Posted by g jones (Post 806441)

No sorry I don't. I have one house.

It is difficult to answer a plethora of questions and half accusations.

You mid the point BTW. You are looking at through Conservative neo liberal spectacles. How it affects the individual landlord or tenant.

This is about the wider community and social responsibility.

I have worked hard on a number of policies to help landlords as a side.

Mr Eafield. You cannot as an industry expect to make money off the backs of poor communities and not expect them to countenance the lack of social conscience within the industry.

Have you seen what your industry has done to Woodnook?

Originally Posted by claytonender (Post 806442)

The scheme was actually approved at a meeting of Hyndburn Borough Council's Cabinet on 3 March 2010 see agenda below
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...da__030310.pdf
and also the minutes of the meeting
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...tes_030310.pdf
Minute number 506 refers.
The scheme was on the agenda of the Council meeting on 30 March 2010, but was only a report of a key decision informing the Council meeting of the Cabinet decision, this is a link to the report presented -
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...y_Decision.pdf

So your remarks about Labour councillors telling everyone of the decision are disingenuous.
So maybe you should apologise for your ignorance of the correct information.

Also it might be helpful if you could inform everyone, which HBC councillors are landlords.

Originally Posted by Eafield (Post 806454)

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 805339)

Middlesbrough Case Study – A positive response from a landlord
The tenant, her family and visitors to her home, had been responsible for criminal offences and serious anti-social behaviour over a long period of time. A range of legal measures had been used in an effort to curb their criminal and anti-social behaviour, including two separate custodial sentences for the tenant for dealing class A drugs, and the granting of Anti Social Behaviour Orders for the two eldest sons.
The nature of the complaints received included, drug dealing, gang nuisance, threatening and intimidating behaviour towards neighbours, verbal abuse, criminal damage and graffiti. Due to the refusal of the landlord to work with the Housing Respect Team, the tenant her family and visitors to the property were able to continue to behave with impunity. Residents, afraid of reprisals, were reluctant to report any breaches. However, with the implementation of selective licensing the landlord began to work with the council.
He accompanied the Enforcement Officer on joint home visits and completed a tenancy breach interview. He reinforced the message that the tenant would be evicted if their anti-social behaviour continued and referrals were completed to the appropriate support agencies. Unfortunately, the family refused to co-operate so the landlord was obliged to serve a Section 8 Notice and apply to the Court for possession of the property. Because the tenant lost her tenancy due to her behaviour, she was deemed intentionally homeless and the local authority, therefore, had no statutory obligation to rehouse her. Consequently she lost her priority rehousing established through the regeneration clearance programme. She also lost the right to the displacement compensation payment of £4,400.
LACORS - Subject Content Details


Well I've trawled through tons of information regarding various resident's groups in the areas where landlord licences are already up and running, and there seems to be nothing but praise from the honest, hardworking residents who live in these area, and who apparently have only seen improvements in the quality of life that has resulted from landlord's licences.

Most honest, hardworking, private landlords seem similarly pleased, in having more control about what goes on in their properties.

If this means decent people, who are trying to bring up their families, have less drug dealers as neighbours, which most certainly is the case where it's up and running, that can only be a good thing.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 806466)

I did helpfully supply a case study, much earlier in the thread, from an area where the scheme's up and running, that positively addresses just those issues. Much to the landlord's delight.

;)

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 806470)

I would like to know where are these 'three one bedroomed flats advertised on the HBC website':confused:. I have looked and not seen. I am registered with B-with-us and each week there are between 30 and 40 tenancies advertised in the 'social housing' sector.

I did not think that HBC retained any housing when the big transfer to Hyndburn Homes happened a few years back.