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Title: Swansea Landlords Forum


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Swansea Landlords Forum
  • 18 November 2009

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  • Paula Livingstone
  • Team Leader
  • Housing Public Health
  • Environment Department

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Summary
  • Introductions
  • HMO Licensing Policy 2009
  • Enforcement
  • Community involvement
  • Forward look
  • Questions

4
HMO Licensing Policy 2009
  • 1 January 2009
  • Mandatory Scheme
  • Additional Scheme
  • Castle and Uplands wards
  • Additional resources
  • Role of Licensing committee
  • Standard licence conditions for all

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Facts and Figures
  • 900 licences
  • 50 are conditional
  • 1,250 is target figure

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Enforcement
  • 8 prosecutions
  • 3 formal cautions issued
  • 20 licences refused or revoked
  • Residential Property Tribunal experience
  • Change of emphasis for 2010
  • Management failures
  • Breaches of conditions

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Community Involvement
  • Local Community Forum
  • Student Member Liaison Group

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Looking forward
  • Landlord Accreditation Wales
  • National Landlords Association
  • Change of enforcement emphasis
  • New approach to Streetscene
  • Rugg Review
  • General election year

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Feedback sheets
  • What do you want us to do
  • How can we make your life easier
  • Views are important
  • Use the feedback sheets
  • See our website for results
  • www.swansea.gov.uk/privaterentedhousing

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Our views
  • Work with landlords
  • Support
  • Reasonable, consistent and
  • proportionate regulatory policy
  • Leave good landlords to look after themselves
  • More intervention with less responsible landlords
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