How many improvement notices have been issued to private sector landlords?

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Dear Leicester City Council,
Can you answer the following as part of my freedom of information request, please?

1) How many improvement notices and hazard notices have been given to private sector landlords concerning rented (and vacant, to let) properties in the Leicester City boundary?

2) Could you provide details on the number of notices and the types of notice on a yearly basis?

3) What is the most common reason improvement notices have been issued?

4) Have any banning orders been issued to any landlords in Leicester?

(I am interested in data since 1st January 2014)

5) How many complaints has Leicester City Council received concerning breaches of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) 2018 and Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)? And;

6) How many of these complaints have been upheld since the act came into force this year?

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Hill

info-requests, Leicester City Council

Website:                        [1]www.leicester.gov.uk

E-mail:                            [2][Leicester City Council request email]   

Our Ref:                          FOI 19421

Date:                               14^th October 2019

 

Mr Andrew Hill

[3][FOI #611082 email]

 

Dear Mr Hill,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

 

Thank you for your email of 11^th October 2019 requesting information
about improvement notices issued to private sector landlords.

 

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days. 

 

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Baljeet Kaur

Information Governance Apprentice

Information Governance and Risk

Legal Services

4^th Floor, Rutland Wing

City Hall

115 Charles Street

LE1 1FZ

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Dear Mr Hill

 

Please find attached Leicester City Council’s response to your recent
Freedom of Information request.

 

Regards

 

Pravina Chandarana

Information Governance Officer

Email: [1][Leicester City Council request email]

 

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Dear info-requests,

Thank you very much for your thorough, concise reply which has addressed all my questions other than the most common reason for notices to be issued. It is very enlightening in light of consultations for selective licensing.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Hill