FOI request (FOIR-518244918)

Landlord warrants

Requested Tue 23 May 2023
Responded Thu 15 June 2023

Can you tell how many times, in each of the last five calendar years up to the date of this request, has the local authority sought a warrant to enter a tenant's home after they have been unable to contact them?

For each of those cases, how long had passed without contact with the tenant before the warrant was sought?

For warrants that were served, how many resulted in the discovery of a deceased tenant or tenants inside the property?

Response

Hastings Borough Council does not own any housing stock, this was transferred to 1066 Housing Association (now Southern Housing) in 1996 as part of a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT).