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

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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