| Description | Consultation Paper - Tackling anti-social behaviour as it relates to housing |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Website Publication Date | January 04, 2000 |
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Housing and Anti-Social Behaviour: The Way Ahead
RECENT GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
- The Government welcomed the conclusions reached by the Committee. The recommendations formed the basis for a package of legislative and administrative measures to deal with the problem of anti-social behaviour, which were announced by the then Minister, Malcolm Chisholm, MP on 17 October 1997.
- The new legislative measures announced by Mr Chisholm, and brought in under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, were as follows:
- additional discretionary grounds for eviction where criminal activity takes place in the vicinity of a tenanted property or is committed by a visitor to the property; and
- specific powers for the police to seize noise -making equipment which is disturbing neighbouring households.
The Crime and Disorder Act also introduced various other measures designed to help tackle problems in the community, notably the introduction of Anti-social Behaviour Orders and these are discussed below.
- This document proposes action on two outstanding recommendations. the Government announced that at aThe forthcoming housing bill to be published next year provides a suitable legislative opportunity they would to:
- introduce legislation to make it possible for local authorities, using their discretion in certain defined circumstances, to offer a probationary tenancy instead of a secure tenancy; and
- to suspend the Right to Buy from anti-social tenants while eviction proceedings are taking place, in line with the position in England and Wales.
This document proposes action on both these outstanding recommendations.