As the government observes Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Week, social housing landlords will receive support to combat anti-social behaviour through a new advisory group that is launched today.
Toda, Housing Minister Eddie Hughes announced the creation of a new group of specialists to provide guidance on how to best deal with anti-social behaviour by renters who have mental health problems or substance abuse problems.
In order to determine how landlords and local support services collaborate and offer early intervention for vulnerable perpetrators, the panel will bring together organisations from across the sector.
This will help to reduce the 1.5 million recorded incidents of anti-social behaviour and reduce reoffending.
The action demonstrates the Secretary of State and ministers’ commitment to delivering the clear vision and direction set for the department over the coming weeks.
The government is now one step closer to implementing its Charter for Social Housing Residents, which aims to improve living standards for social housing tenants.
It comes after recently being introduced new measures that will subject social housing to a stricter regulatory regime.
Eddie Hughes, MP, minister of housing and rough sleeping, said:
Stopping anti-social behaviour is essential to our aim to level the nation because no one should have to live in dread of it.
According to the Charter for Social Housing Residents, we pledged to defend tenants from anti-social behaviour.
I am therefore glad to welcome the new panellists, whose knowledge will assist in advising landlords and other agencies on how to bring about positive change for their tenants in tandem with our new measures to raise the bar for social housing.
Resolve’s Chief Executive Rebecca Bryant OBE said:
We have the chance to draw attention to the destructive effects of anti-social behaviour on victims and communities during Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Week.
In order for people all around the world to feel comfortable in their homes and communities, it is crucial that the problem of antisocial behaviour continues to receive the importance it requires.
We are happy to support the new Anti-Social Behaviour Panel’s establishment and look forward to collaborating with partners to address the antisocial behaviour’s expanding problems.
The panel expands on current resources for tenants of social housing who engage in anti-social behaviour.
In order to guarantee that offenders are dealt with promptly and effectively, this includes a “one stop shop” where tenants may obtain information and report an occurrence.
Additionally, the government has implemented a Community Trigger, which provides victims the right to ask for a quick, multi-agency examination of their case and brings organisations together to find a coordinated response.
In the summer of 2022, the Anti-Social Behaviour Panel will get started.
In the fall of 2022, the organisation hopes to release its good practice guidelines for social housing landlords and the larger industry on how to deal with anti-social behaviour by weak-willed offenders.
The following organisations are members of the Anti-Social Behaviour Panel:
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Home Office
- Anti-Social Behaviour Help
- Aster Housing
- Gentoo Housing
- The Local Government Association
- National Federation of local authority-owned organisations (ALMOs)
- Network Homes
- Resolve
- SHAL
- Sovereign Housing