Agenda item - Discussion on Anti Social Behaviour

Richard Jordan-Penswick, Housing Manager and James Crane, Service Improvement & Interim Homemove Manager are due to attend.

17.1    James Crane, Service Improvement Manager, gave a brief update as part of the discussion. He stated that since 2014 the law has changed to allow a property to be closed if serious issues prevail.

17.2    Residents raised the following concerns and made the following enquiries:

·         Residents raised the issue of safety of residents and further argued this was a legal matter of human rights

·         Enquired if housing officers could respond to questions in regarding various item

17.3    Councillor Anne Meadows enquired if it would be possible to check records to clarify the situation in regards to family placements, she recommended, by way of example, that families should perhaps not be placed in high-rises?

17.4    Officers responded to residents and Councillors concern and enquiries with the following:

·         It is not a matter of human rights for BHCC to house everyone rather that the Human Rights act does provide a guideline on engagement with the public.

·         Officers responded to Councillor Meadows’ enquiry by confirming that they share the same Housing Management System, they further stated that this allows them to help in myriad ways such as allowing access to various sets of information in order to better understand any given situation.

·         An officer agreed to look at examples Anti-Social Behaviour in certain areas is linked to residents having been housed through the allocations policy

·         Officers agreed to organise Anti-Social Behaviour workshops and will invite residents to these.