Bad behaviour costs tenant his home

Earlier this year we were left with no choice but to start legal proceedings against a tenant who was terrorising the local community.

The man in his late 60s was causing a real nuisance by harassing and intimidating passers-by and elderly members of the local community. He even threatened a resident with a knife and understandably his neighbours were left terrified.

Obviously, this kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable, and we worked with the Police and Adult Social Care over several months. We even organised for an independent mediator from NFS Mediation to try to resolve the situation. However, despite all our efforts the tenant simply refused to change, and the nuisance and threatening behaviour continued. We were then left with no other choice but to start eviction proceedings to remove him from his home to restore peace to the community.

The Court granted us the power to evict the gentleman from his home and we took back the keys to his property in June 2022. His behaviour has lost him his council home and he will not be rehoused. The property will be relet to someone in housing need on the housing register.

All our tenants have a right to feel safe and live in peace and that means sticking to the terms of the Tenancy Agreement. Although we avoid eviction in all but the most serious cases where all other measures have failed, we can and do take back homes where necessary – for example when people continuously behave antisocially or refuse to pay rent.

We work to ensure council neighbourhoods are safe but if you do need to report antisocial behaviour please contact your Local Housing Office or report it online.