Council housing - Antisocial behaviour and crime

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, 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