Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003

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Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 Housing Powers

• Salford City Council and New Prospect Housing
  Limited

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ASB Act 2003 Housing Powers

• Extends powers to tackle ASB in local communities
• Includes measures developing injunctions
• Judicial discretion in possession proceedings
• Introduces Demoted Tenancies
• S.12 Requires us to prepare and publish
  policies, procedures and a summary statement in
  relation to ASB, not later than 6 months from the
  date of commencement (30/6/04)

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Landlord Policy / Procedure

• Must be published and available from 30th
  December 2004
• Clarify how landlord will deal with ASB
• Also what tenants / residents can expect
• Must be visible and in public domain
• Available on request
• Opportunities for consultation

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What should be included in the Policy?

• Amongst other things-
• Commitment to eradicating ASB
• What kind of behaviour is considered unacceptable
• Tenants obligations
• Support for witnesses of ASB
• Use of available remedies (legal and other)
• Intervention, Prevention and Rehabilitation
• Use of professional Witnesses and other
  surveillance
• Issues of confidentiality (e.g. How this will be
  maintained etc)
• Multi-Agency Partnerships
• Information Exchange and Data Protection
• What training will be provided on dealing with
  ASB
• Media strategy

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What should be included in the Procedure?

• Amongst other things-
• How and to whom a complaint of ASB should be made
• How contact will be maintained with the
  complainant
• What witness support is available
• What classifications will be used to log and
  monitor incidents of ASB
• How cases can/will be progressed (including
  likely timescales)
• How progress of the case will be monitored
• Should contain enough information to enable
  people to understand how the landlord will deal
  with a complaint of ASB and what is expected of
  the complainant and perpetrator.

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Progress in Salford / NPHL

• Council is landlord / Section 12 duty is on them
• NPHL tackle ASB in council areas on councils
  behalf
• Joint work between SCC / NPHL ongoing
• Consultations in place
• Press release in Salford Advertiser 2 September
  2004
• Life in Salford article in October
• Deadline WILL be met

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Questions for Consultation Discussion

• What do you consider is ASB?
• Are you aware of the current NPHL ASB policy?
• Have you tried to access it? Was it easy?
• How do you think it is currently dealt with?
• How would you like ASB to be dealt with?
• How would you like to access the new policy
  summary? Website, leaflets, mail shot to tenants?
• Any questions we cant answer we will find out
  and get back to you!