“In fact so bad that we took part in a Government inspectorate report on housing provided to people seeking asylum in Calderdale,” she added. “We sent photographic evidence of ceilings collapsing, black mould over walls – and finding someone who was interested in dealing with it was a very, very hard thing to do,” she said.AdvertisementHe said “It’s not acceptable that failures happen, whether that’s the private rented sector or in social housing.
Coun Roisin Cavanagh said often people from disadvantaged backgrounds were not listened to and this had to change.
It was not just a case of just sending off emails or doing the case work. “It’s actually listening and saying what can we do more about that,” he said.Coun Thompson said the council’s scrutiny boards needed to get across everything with the social and private rental housing sectors. Coun Steven Leigh agreed: “Predominantly it lies with the housing associations and the landlords and that is where we need to drill down.”Coun Paul Bellenger said there were instances with social housing providers where people had taken properties, claiming for benefits but not occupying them – homes which could be used for those in dire need of them, so how these were managed needed examination.
All parties supported the call at full council for the authority to review its own responses and ability to resource environmental health services, better inform landlords and tenants on how to tackle damp and consider the response of social housing providers.
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