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  • FOI request (FOIR-340497008)

    Housing Enforcement

    Requested Tue 08 June 2021
    Responded  Thu 17 June 2021

    This FOI request is for the attention of the council's private rented sector housing team which oversees enforcement in the private rented sector.

    1. The total number of Civil Penalties relating to housing offences served to private landlords per year for the following years: 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021

    2. The average amount of income (£) levied in Civil Penalties relating to housing offences to private landlords per year for the following years: 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021

    The number of Civil Penalties issued to private landlords in each year for each of the following offences:

    a. Failure to comply with an Improvement Notice (section 30 of the Housing Act 2004) Offences in relation to licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004)

    b. Offences in relation to licensing of houses under Part 3 of the Act (section 95 of the Housing Act 2004)

    c. Offences of contravention of an overcrowding notice (section 139 of the Housing Act 2004)

    d. Failure to comply with management regulations in respect of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 234 of the Housing Act 2004)

    e. Banning Orders under the Housing and Planning Act 2016

    Please provide this information for 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021.

    4. What is the best contact email address to contact the private rented sector housing department to discuss matters relating to the PRS?


    Response

    Q1.

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 20

    2019/2020 - 6

    2020/2021 - 1

    Q2.

    Mode Average:

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 250

    2019/2020 - 750

    2020/2021 - 27000

    Mean Average:

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 1388

    2019/2020 - 1500

    2020/2021 - 27000

    Q3.

    a. Failure to comply with Improvement Notice:

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 2

    2019/2020 - 2

    2020/2021 - 1

    b. Offences in relation to licensing of HMOs:

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 0

    2019/2020 - 0

    2020/2021 - 0

    c. Offences in relation to licensing under Part 3:

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 18

    2019/2020 - 4

    2020/2021 - 0

    d. Contravention of Overcrowding Notice:

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 0

    2019/2020 - 0

    2020/2021 - 0

    e. Management Regulations:

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 0

    2019/2020 - 0

    2020/2021 - 0

    f. Banning Orders:

    2017/2018 - 0

    2018/2019 - 0

    2019/2020 - 0

    2020/2021 - 0

    Q4. housingadmin@hastings.gov.uk

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