Richard Colledge
Newark
Member of various tenant groups for many years, but now winding down activities. I have to be honest and say my efforts changed very little!
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Comment on: Government reveals plans to evict ASB tenants more quickly
@Michael Read
Thanks. The best advice I can offer to victims is:
Step 1. Make yourself a supply of report sheets to record dates of incident, start & finish times of the grief, description of what happened, how it affected you, plus details of witnesses. Sign and date each one. Keep originals and give copies to poilce and landlord.
Step 2 Phone Police about every ASB incident – and always ask for an Incident Number. Don’t worry if they hardly ever turn out. Just keep ringing the stuff in and don’t get fobbed off. The more Incident Numbers you collect the better.
Step 3 Encourage your neighbours to do exactly the same. They should ring their report in at a different time from yours. That way you collect even more Incident Numbers !
Step 4 The Police statistics for you area will show a dramatic rise – and senior officers start taking an interest. Pressure comes from higher levels. Be prepared to get pressure from Police to stop ringing complaints in. Ignore them – keep on trucking with your strategy.
Step 5 When the stats remain stubbornly high Police will start pressuring the landlord to take action against the offenders. If you are cynical ( like me ) then their main motive for kicking your landlord is to improve their own sick-looking figures rather than to solve you rproblem. Or perhaps I am being unkind ??
Well it works for me and fellow victims! Good Luck! -
Comment on: Government reveals plans to evict ASB tenants more quickly
@Michael Read
Thanks. The best advice I can offer to victims is:
Step 1. Make yourself a supply of report sheets to record dates of incident, start & finish times of the grief, description of what happened, how it affected you, plus details of witnesses. Sign and date each one. Keep originals and give copies to poilce and landlord.
Step 2 Phone Police about every ASB incident – and always ask for an Incident Number. Don’t worry if they hardly ever turn out. Just keep ringing the stuff in and don’t get fobbed off. The more Incident Numbers you collect the better.
Step 3 Encourage your neighbours to do exactly the same. They should ring their report in at a different time from yours. That way you collect even more Incident Numbers !
Step 4 The Police statistics for you area will show a dramatic rise – and senior officers start taking an interest. Pressure comes from higher levels. Be prepared to get pressure from Police to stop ringing complaints in. Ignore them – keep on trucking with your strategy.
Step 5 When the stats remain stubbornly high Police will start pressuring the landlord to take action against the offenders. If you are cynical ( like me ) then their main motive for kicking your landlord is to improve their own sick-looking figures rather than to solve you rproblem. Or perhaps I am being unkind ??
Well it works for me and fellow victims! Good Luck! -
Comment on: Government reveals plans to evict ASB tenants more quickly
Nothing new here. Been there may times – got many tee-shirts. We have had years of meaningless glossy brochures and waffle. Landlords who don’t want to tackle ASB fine it easy to fob off victims. “Where is your evidence ?”. “Go away and fill in these dairy sheets for umpteen weeks, they when you do they say “Not enough - weed stronger evidence before we can go to court”. Courts usually insist on solid evidence before they will evict a neighbour-from-hell. Victims are often intimidated and threatened if they dare to complain. Year after years this has droned on and the only benefit has been to those who run expensive training courses and conferences to discuss ASB. All that ever changes is the name of the latest “intiatives” and glossy brochures like the Respect Agenda. In my opinion all tenancies should be probationery for at least two years.
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Comment on: Ombudsman should have stronger role
Kass & Paine
Spot on! Why are MPs apparently unaware that there is no justice for tenants and that there is no hope of getting a fair deal from Ombudsmen generally? Abolish HOS. Government should get feedback on landlord performance - direct from tenants. -
Comment on: Pickles scraps Audit Commission
Amian Amahar
I agree with your points. Regulators and Ombudsmen are hopelessly biased towards landlords. The whole system is farcical and is designed to grind you down. Like you, I have been there and have the T-shirt. There is no hope for tenants unless they have the power to hire and fire. A good move would be to have a majority of tenants on every board ( with proper training and a rigorous selection process. ) Equally important is that tenants hold al the shares in the case of housing associations. Instead we usually have the old school tie brigade who do not live in social housing, just to add insult to injury. However, I can’t see any Tory government wanting to give real power to tenants so I am not optimistic.
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