Anti-social behaviour is a real problem for me and I wish the noise nuisance above me would stop. But I don’t think the zero-tolerance attitude suggested by both sides in yesterday’s Westminster Hall debate is the answer. Let me explain.
First, here’s what happened:
Reform UK MP Lee Anderson called for a crackdown on “feral families” with a “three strikes and you’re out” policy if neighbours were affected by antisocial behaviour.
In a surprise twist, Labour MP Steve Yemm labelled the plan “too liberal and lenient” and demanded a zero tolerance policy.
Responding in the Westminster Hall debate, Labour housing minister Alex Norris admitted current eviction laws “don’t always work” and said tougher action was being worked on by the government.
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Westminster Hall is where MPs debate issues that are causing them concern in a way that does not lead directly to a change in the law; they raise the issues, discuss them, and then it is up to Parliament or the government whether to take the matter further.
In this case, work is already ongoing. Alex Norris said the Renters’ Rights Bill will confer new powers for social landlords to seek evictions “immediately in the most serious cases” and for judges to take offenders’ engagement (or lack of it) with efforts to support them into account.
He also said penalties for persistent offenders should grow and become more serious with each offence.
I tend to agree with this approach. I am currently living beneath someone who thinks it’s fun to play loud music at intermittent intervals, well into the night – most recently when I was trying to recover from the flu that put me on my back last week.
I’m collecting evidence which I will provide to my landlord, and they can then deal with him. But I don’t think it would be fair to just turf him out. He’s young, and may be completely ignorant of the effect his loud music is having on other tenants in the block.
That being said, if he continues to offend with his loud music after that, I will certainly push for him to be thrown out.
I’ll let you all know how I get on.
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I wish the noise nuisance above me would stop. But…
Anti-social behaviour is a real problem for me and I wish the noise nuisance above me would stop. But I don’t think the zero-tolerance attitude suggested by both sides in yesterday’s Westminster Hall debate is the answer. Let me explain.
First, here’s what happened:
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Westminster Hall is where MPs debate issues that are causing them concern in a way that does not lead directly to a change in the law; they raise the issues, discuss them, and then it is up to Parliament or the government whether to take the matter further.
In this case, work is already ongoing. Alex Norris said the Renters’ Rights Bill will confer new powers for social landlords to seek evictions “immediately in the most serious cases” and for judges to take offenders’ engagement (or lack of it) with efforts to support them into account.
He also said penalties for persistent offenders should grow and become more serious with each offence.
I tend to agree with this approach. I am currently living beneath someone who thinks it’s fun to play loud music at intermittent intervals, well into the night – most recently when I was trying to recover from the flu that put me on my back last week.
I’m collecting evidence which I will provide to my landlord, and they can then deal with him. But I don’t think it would be fair to just turf him out. He’s young, and may be completely ignorant of the effect his loud music is having on other tenants in the block.
That being said, if he continues to offend with his loud music after that, I will certainly push for him to be thrown out.
I’ll let you all know how I get on.
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