Council tenants
Anti-social behaviour

The council is committed to a policy of dealing very firmly with anti-social behaviour and will take reasonable steps to investigate complaints and where appropriate, take action against leaseholders and/or tenants, which could result in those responsible losing their homes. We will take reasonable steps to investigate your complaints about neighbours and will take action where appropriate. We will do all we can to help solve any problems.

Your tenancy conditions
You, your lodgers, friends, relatives, visitors and any other person living in or visiting the property must not do any of the following:

  • Breach the tenancy conditions
  • Do anything which causes, or is likely to cause, a nuisance to anyone living in the local area
  • Do anything which interferes with the peace, comfort or convenience of other people living in the local area
  • Cause damage to property belonging to other people or council property in the local area
  • Harass anyone because of his or her race, colour, nationality, culture, sexuality, gender, age, marital status, religion or disability
  • Use the property for any criminal, immoral or illegal purpose. This includes selling or using illegal drugs, storing or handling stolen goods, prostitution and / or pornography
  • Threaten or harass or use violence towards anyone in the local area
  • Threaten or harass or use violence towards council employees, managing agents or contractors
  • Use or threaten violence towards anyone living in the property

Any breach of the tenancy conditions by anyone living in or visiting the property, or where there is a joint tenancy, by one of the joint tenants, will be treated as a breach by the tenant. If you are evicted it is likely that you will be considered to have made yourself "intentionally homeless" and consequently not entitled to re-housing by the council.

Behaviour for which legal action may be taken includes:

  • Using or threatening to use violence
  • Racism
  • Creating noise at a level that is intrusive or disturbing to neighbours including music, TV, radio, DIY and noise outside the property, e.g. car stereos, shouting etc.
  • Banging and slamming doors
  • Damaging property
  • Drug or alcohol abuse and drug dealing
  • Playing ball games close to properties
  • Skateboarding and cycling and other similar activities on footpaths and balconies
  • Dumping rubbish
  • Being drunk in public so as to create a nuisance
  • Criminal activity in properties
  • Graffiti and other markings
  • Domestic disputes e.g. shouting etc.
  • Throwing things out of windows
  • Not keeping your pets under control and allowing dogs to bark and foul
  • Breaking shared security, for example allowing strangers to get into the building
  • Not controlling your children properly.

See our anti-social behaviour section for more information.

 

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