The police and local authorities are failing to take effective action to tackle anti-social behaviour among tenants, according to new NRLA research which warns that the abolition of section 21 is set to make tackling the problem even harder.
According to the National Residential Landlords Association, of those private landlords who have served a repossession notice at some point, half have done so because of a tenant’s anti-social or criminal behaviour.
The data shows that of this group, 84 per cent have not received any assistance in tackling such behaviour from their local authority. 75 per cent did not have any help from the police. 67 per cent had either always, or sometimes, faced problems gathering evidence or support from neighbours or fellow tenants to address the behaviour of anti-social tenants.