Croydon Council Becomes Second Landlord To Breach Tenant Standard

Croydon Council has been found to be in breach of two of the English regulator’s key standards after an investigation by ITV News exposed terrible conditions for tenants living in some of its homes.  A regulatory notice published by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) found the council had breached the Home Standard and the Tenant Involvement and Empowerment Standard after it found that some of the homes the local authority managed were “uninhabitable and unsafe” and that some tenants were at “risk of serious harm” as a result of the conditions. Read the judgement online.

Regulatory judgement: London Borough of Croydon - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Council Breached Home Standard Over ‘Long-Standing’ Safety Issues

In a regulatory notice, the RSH said it had ascertained that, over a number of years, Lambeth has had a significant number of overdue remedial actions arising from fire risk assessments (FRAs). This included some FRAs considered within the borough’s own classification system to be “intolerable” or “substantial”, the regulator said. The regulator said that it had also concluded, through its engagement with the provider, that there had been failings across Lambeth’s statutory duties relating to asbestos management and gas safety. Read more on the Social Housing website.

https://www.socialhousing.co.uk/news/lambeth-council-breached-home-standard-over-long-standing-safety-issues-64142

Court Decision Will Hit Landlords In The Pocket

Landlords who want to evict tenants who have breached suspended possession orders are being warned they must go to court with evidence of the breach before they can act. The warning comes following a case in which the Appeal Court ruled the council (Cardiff) acted incorrectly by actioning the possession order after it was alleged the tenant had breached the terms. The ruling will have significant implications for landlords applying for warrants of possession in the County Court – with the process set to become more expensive and time consuming as a result.The case concerned a tenant who had a suspended possession order relating to antisocial behaviour, which they subsequently breached. Read more on the RLA website.