{"id":48982,"date":"2014-10-20T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T14:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f93003ecff57f1e3f25bd370734bcaa7"},"modified":"2014-10-20T14:40:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T14:40:57","slug":"press-release-new-powers-will-make-it-quicker-to-evict-neighbours-from-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=48982","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New powers will make it quicker to evict neighbours from hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>New powers will make it easier and quicker to evict nightmare neighbours from social and private rented housing, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis announced today (20 October 2014).<\/p>\n<p>It can currently take an average of 7 months to get a possession order from the courts against a neighbour from hell, during which time they often continue to cause misery for their fellow tenants.<\/p>\n<p>But from today, private and social landlords, will be able to use a new mandatory ground for possession which will speed up the process by allowing previous convictions for serious anti-social behaviour to trigger eviction proceedings. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Lewis said these new powers will ensure those who persistently cause misery for their neighbours will no longer benefit from the valuable support of social housing.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"swifter-action-against-nightmare-tenants\">Swifter action against nightmare tenants<\/h2>\n<p>The courts will be required to grant a possession order where any of 5 conditions are met. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the tenant, a member of the tenant\u2019s household, or a person visiting the property has been convicted of a serious offence<\/li>\n<li>the tenant, a member of the tenant\u2019s household, or a person visiting the property has breached the civil injunction for anti-social behaviour which will come into force in January <\/li>\n<li>the tenant, a member of the tenant\u2019s household, or a person visiting the property has been convicted for breaching a criminal behaviour order<\/li>\n<li>the tenant\u2019s property has been closed for more than 48 hours under a closure order for anti-social behaviour<\/li>\n<li>the tenant, a member of the tenant\u2019s household, or a person visiting the property has been convicted for breaching a noise abatement notice or order in relation to the tenant\u2019s property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>No one deserves to feel intimidated or unsafe in their own community, yet lengthy court proceedings have left nightmare tenants free to cause misery for their neighbours for years.<\/p>\n<p>But from today, new powers mean landlords can take swifter action to evict any tenant convicted of persistent or serious anti-social behaviour, bringing faster relief to victims and witnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It will mean law-abiding social tenants will be able to live in peace, while anyone found guilty of serious anti-social behaviour cannot benefit from the valuable support that social housing can offer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/><span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:communications-newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">communications-newsdesk@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you&#8217;re a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 1201\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landlords can take swifter action to evict any tenant convicted of persistent or serious anti-social behaviour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}