A prominent Labour councillor in Liverpool has told the local media: “Parts of Liverpool are blighted by landlords who treat the outside of their properties as a dumping ground. It makes the area look unkempt and uncared for, as well as attracting vermin, and also encourages others to do the same – creating misery for residents who take pride in their area.”
The comment comes from Laura Robertson-Collins, Liverpool councils cabinet member for neighbourhoods, and were quoted in the Liverpool World website.
The remarks follow legal action taken by Liverpool council against two firms after they failed to clear waste at two privately rented properties in the city.
Both firms were found guilty at Liverpool Magistrates Court in their absence, having failed to attend the hearing. They were each fined £800 and have to pay additional costs of £719, plus a £320 victim surcharge.
The councillor continues: “We are committed to doing what we can to hold landlords to account and hit them where it hurts – in the pocket, and I am pleased that we have secured these convictions as a deterrent to others.
“Taking action against rogue landlords who do not treat our neighbourhoods with respect is an absolute priority for our new cabinet because we know how much of an issue it causes for our communities.”
* Government commissioners were parachuted into Liverpool in June 2021 following a government inspection slammed the council on what the local Liverpool Echo describes as “a shocking range of failures at the city council.“
The initial team of four officials were increased to five in 2022 when a finance commissioner was added to the team after fears that the council wasn't making progress quickly enough.
Now this week the commissioners have suggested they may stay beyond the end of their initial three-year remit.
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This kind of clap trap erodes democracy.
Blaming LL’s for ‘other peoples rubbish’ is akin to blaming a policeman for an offenders crime.
Complete dereliction of justice. Utterly unacceptable.
The councils should look at the ridiculous rule where you cannot go to the local tip to get rid of a kitchen. You pay council tax for the property being empty (Some cases double), also paying licence fees when no one comes to check the property, additional tax, being treated as a business when we dont get business relief.
Could go on and on
How are landlords leaving the rubbish 🤔 they don’t live there 😂😂
This is good, coming from the drug capital of Britain. How many council estates have been trashed by the tenants ?
Exactly so really we should be imposing fines on the council leaders when their tenants leave rubbish outside the houses
You couldn't make it up. More like failing council can't manage its own services but likes to pass blame to others.
So this is the same labour council that got its mayor suspended, half the council suspended for allegedly taking a drink....
Also bringing back to her point, why has she not named the businesses and why have all landlords been tarred with the same brush?
Sad so sad but f in TRUE. How do the council know it’s the landlords. Answer they don’t it’s just an EASIEST person to fine. Dunna bother finding who used to stay there.
Don't have time to comment today.
I've a full van load of my own rubbish that I am going to dump outside one of my properties! More to follow later today!
You would be amazed at how many tenants find it impossible to put their bins out on bin day, their rubbish their responcibility
Liverpool has been a S*** hole since time began
Like cilla black , loved Liverpool so much she lived in surrey
This is appalling. But entirely predictable. Of COURSE it’s not the tenant that lives there causing the rubbish! OBVIOUSLY it’s the landlord doing all this and he rightly must be ‘hit in the pocket’ as the genius in the council says. Can’t possibly be the people that actually live there now, eh?!
Our favourite tenant has a garage full to shoulder height with household rubbish. I am sure that is somehow my fault! We will have the cost of a skip when (please god) he eventually moves out or is evicted because it is considered commercial waste even though it would have been taken by the council if he could be as**d to put it out weekly. Of course I won't fly tip it but it feels pretty unjust.
The Govt need a LOT more Commissioners to correct the bankrupt and corrupt Councils without any proper oversight. Liverpool, Croydon, Woking etc etc.....
Apart from the Beatles and their football team I can’t think of much else to recommend about the place , certainly not the hypocritical lefty politicians
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