2004 Housing Act - landlord requirements

Dear Sir or Madam,

With specific reference to landlord requirements and HMOs (houses
in multiple occupation) I would like council to provide information
in relation to the following:

1. How many additional bathrooms have been built as a consequence
of this legislation?
2. How many of these additional bathrooms have been built on joint
water supplies?
3. On how many occasions has council failed to notify neighbours in
relation to such developments? (It is a legal requirement under the
planning process to notify neighbours.)
4. Of the councils 1176 properties on its private sector leasing
scheme how many families of 5 or more persons are housed in a
property where there is only ONE bathroom?

5. How many HMO landlords have been given a "licence" as a "fit and
proper person" and how much income did this raise for the council?
6. With specific reference to landlords resident overseas could the
council explain how many landlords have been found guilty of
criminal actions against their tenants in Hillingdon?
7. How many landlords renting to mature single adults have been
denied a licence as they have been found guilty of committing
pedophilia against their adult tenants?
8. Could the council provide details of the number of UNfit and
IMproper landlords who are renting to groups (families and or
pensioners) with "vulnerable persons"?

The provisions of this Act that demand only some landlords be
judged "fit and proper" and where they are NOT renting to
"vulnerable persons" is quite simply foolish. More ludicrous yet is
the notion that landlords resident overseas are in a position to
commit acts of pedophilia and or stand over tactics in relation to
their tenants. Could the council comment on the notion that if the
law is an ass it should be changed!

Perhaps the God of raising revenue has taken over the world with
the added bonus of ensuring that the problems needing to be
addressed by council's social workers remain firmly entrenched in
the families of this community who somehow remain not subjected to
"intervention' in their rented homes.

Yours faithfully,

Sheila Gibb

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the FOI Act Hillingdon Council should have responded by now.
I still await responses to my many questions re data on
"improvements" and the 2004 Housing Act.

I ask these questions for a reason, to indicate that this law is
discriminatory and does NOT in any way shape or form "improve the
private housing stock".

I intend on receiving this information to ask more questions of
council re its attempts to "improve the private housing stock" by
stealing landlords homes. (Some of these landlords are as a
consequence of insane money laundering regulations unable to DEFEND
their property rights through the courts.)

Yours faithfully,

Sheila Gibb