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Progress Housing Group – community safety week success
Around 300 people played a part in Progress Housing Group’s first Community Safety Week across South Ribble and the Fylde Coast in Lancashire which took…
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Perpetrators of ASB in private sector might soon be excluded from homes
Private tenants who commit anti-social behaviour could face exclusion from their homes, after a government U-turn last week. The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing…
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New laws require scrap metal dealers to get a liciense
New laws giving councils more power to stamp down on scrap metal dealers have come into effect, with rogue traders facing cash fines of…
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CLG results on troubled families programme
The DCLG has published its latest set of results for the Troubled Families programme, which is helping to change the lifestyles of 120,000 ‘problem’ households. So far 13,999 families have had…
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Eviction from Riots 2 years ago
A tenant has been evicted from his south west London council flat exactly two years to the day since looting a bank when riots…
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How to tackle ASB – the broken windows theory
For housing associations in particular, antisocial behaviour is an important issue to address and makes up a significant portion of our neighbourhood team’s workload. Back in…
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Getting tough on gardens
An arm’s-length management organisation in the east Midlands has taken a tough stance against tenants who do not keep their gardens tidy – and…
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20 councils chosen for early intervention schemes
Twenty council areas have been chosen to provide the evidence base for early intervention schemes, as part of efforts to establish a national solution…
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ASB safety net
Victims of persistent anti-social behaviour will be able to force police and councils to consider their complaint, a local authority has announced. Inside housing…
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New money for troubled families
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced that an additional £200 million will be invested to start to extend intensive help under…
