Council's duties in regards to private rented housing

E Farrell made this Freedom of Information request to Belfast City Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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E Farrell
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Dear Belfast City Council,

1. Please explain how COVID-19 has impacted on the fulfilment of the council's duties in regards to private rented housing in the Belfast City Council area.

2. In particular, please provide details of the number of complaints in regards to the issues listed below and the council's response to these complaints (e.g. physical inspection, informal warning, fixed penalty notice, prosecution).

3. Where no action was taken, please set out the reasons (e.g. time-barred, complaint dropped, insufficient resources to investigate/enforce, no substance to complaint).

- Tenant complains of unfitness/poor conditions
- Report that deposit has not been protected
- Report that no rent book has been provided
- Report of unregistered landlord
- Report of harassment by landlord or representative
- Report of attempted unlawful eviction (tenant issued with no or incorrect notice to quit, LL threatens to remove tenant, change locks etc)
- Report of actual unlawful eviction (tenant evicted other than by EJO, locks changed etc)
- Report of unlicensed HMO
- Hazard/fitness issue in HMO
- Overcrowding in HMO
- Suitability complaint in HMO

Yours faithfully,

E Farrell

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Gillean Neill

 

Gillean Neill

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