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Landlords key in tackling anti-social behaviour

Tuesday, 8 February 2011 1:41 PM

The UK's Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has welcomed the publication of this week's Home Office consultation on effective responses to anti-social behaviour in Britain.

According to the institute, social landlords play a "central role" in driving down this type of crime in communities nationwide.

"They are often the first point of contact for residents and are key partners to police forces and local agencies across the country, whose joint aim is to tackle anti-social behaviour," the CIH commented.

The consultation proposes radical reform of the existing powers available to Britain's social landlords, streamlining the number of formal sanctions to make the process of dealing with anti-social behaviour "faster and more flexible". It follows Grant Shapps' promise in January that landlords would soon be able to evict "tenants from hell" more quickly.

Sarah Webb, CIH chief executive, said that the reforms would "help reduce some of the issues and complexity" facing social landlords.

However, she added: "The majority of anti-social behaviour cases reported to social landlords are successfully resolved without the need to use formal sanctions or to involve the police.

"CIH will continue to support social landlords to use non-formal sanctions to effectively resolve complaints of anti-social behaviour, whilst carefully balancing rehabilitative measures with restorative actions."

In a 2010 survey, the institute found that 63 per cent of housing providers in England did not make full use of the legal powers available to them, with many only utilising the tools they were most familiar with.

"Reducing the range and number of tools available should help to reduce existing complexities, bureaucracy and costs for landlords," the CIH concluded.

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