Landlords have been handed new powers to speed up the eviction of anti-social tenants.
The changes are designed to make it easier to secure a possession order – a process that currently takes an average of seven months.
Private and social landlords will now be able to use a person’s previous convictions for serious anti-social behaviour to trigger proceedings.
Housing minister Brandon Lewis said: “No one deserves to feel intimidated or unsafe in their own community, yet lengthy court proceedings have left nightmare tenants free to cause misery for their neighbours for years.
“But from today, new powers mean landlords can take swifter action to evict any tenant convicted of persistent or serious anti-social behaviour, bringing faster relief to victims and witnesses.
“It will mean law-abiding social tenants will be able to live in peace, while anyone found guilty of serious antisocial behaviour cannot benefit from the valuable support that social housing can offer.”
The powers are contained in amendments to the Anti Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
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Well said Jamie
Lipstick on a pig - this doesn't help landlords at all.
Non of us want to take on these losers
Our issue is getting rid of the plethora of scammers and cheats who don't pass the rent on and know its 7 months before they get liked out.
This is of no use to landlords who are being held to ransom by tenants withholding rents in the full knowledge that we can't do a damned thing to them.
This is Rubbish like all the vote grabbing bullshit thought up by the liars who inhabit every facet of government and local government.
The landlord bodies NLA RLA et al are toothless bureaucrats content to shuffle the deck chairs whilst we loose millions to the benefits scoundrels, encouraged by councils, MPs shelter and all manner of mamby-pamby excuse driven do gooders who have all but destroyed any semblance of decent society by encoring the useless to sponge of the workers.
Not before time, same should apply to tenants in serious arrears!