Issue - meetings

A report recommending the adoption of a housing enforcement policy to ensure the Council’s enforcement decisions remain compliant with the Renters Rights Act.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve and adopt the Housing Enforcement Policy in appendix 1 to the report

(2)      Nominate and Authorise the Public Protection Manager to carry out consequential amendments to the existing Compliance and Enforcement Policy so as to remove elements relating to housing enforcement.

The Committee received a report recommending the adoption of a housing enforcement policy to ensure the Council’s enforcement decisions remain compliant with the Renters Rights Act.

The Committee considered the following matters:

a)            Separation from the Compliance and Enforcement Policy. In response to a question from a Member, the Public Protection Manager explained that the housing enforcement policy before Members had been separated out from the current compliance and enforcement policy in light of the recent Royal Assent of the Renters’ Rights Act 2026. He explained that the enforcement options set out in the newly separated policy were defined by said Act, and differed from those set out in the existing compliance and enforcement policy.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve and adopt the Housing Enforcement Policy in appendix 1 to the report

(2)      Nominate and Authorise the Public Protection Manager to carry out consequential amendments to the existing Compliance and Enforcement Policy so as to remove elements relating to housing enforcement.