Discovered the or a culprit of rubbish being dumped

Legacy_user

There are 16 properties - 10 flats, 6 houses, belonging to the HA, including mine. 4 of them (one of them is mine) are SO.

Tenants in the flats put their rubbish in a bin area, which requires a code punching in to open door. Tenants of the houses, which are on another street, their gardens back onto the flats' residents car park, have their own wheelie bins and kerbside collection. Council will not empty the kerbside bins if lid doesn't close. Not an issue with the bin area bins.

Past few weeks, there has been at least one bag of rubbish being dumped by the door to the area. I presumed it was a lazy tenant from the flats. I have myself, picked up the bag of rubbish to throw into the bin area - which contains wheelie bins.

This morning, I saw one of the tenants of the houses walking from his back gate to the bin area and dumping the bag by the bin area door then walking back through his back gate. I was some 50 yards away sorting my car out. I wanted to confront the the guy but he and his partner have attitude problems, like other people from social housing.

There are cats and foxes that roam the area and they rip these bags apart and rubbish is everywhere.

I have complained to the HA about the rubbish before and they haven't replied to the e-mail.

I am refusing to move their rubbish into the bin area.

This time, I mentioned the house number of the property, health n safety, foxes etc.

If I cannot get a response from the HA, which is easily rectified if the tenant gets the larger bin the council provides, what else can I do?

marksoton

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I wanted to confront the the guy but he and his partner have attitude problems, like other people from social housing.

a) That's a very spurious comment to make.

b) If you believe it to be true why the hell did you part purchase a property in an area of social housing?

Browntoa

chuck the bag into their back garden when its dark


repeat as required until they get the message

elsien

Yep, she lost me with that remark as well. On your own with this one, OP.

Mossfarr

If you are absolutely certain which house the rubbish is coming from then you should report him to the council for fly tipping. Try and get a photograph or video of him dumping his rubbish.
Or you could just wait til dark and throw it back into his garden.

theartfullodger

ScarletMarble wrote: »

........I wanted to confront the the guy but he and his partner have attitude problems, like other people from social housing.
....

As you are in shared ownership you are also a tenant of the HA, in social housing: Presumably that means you think you "have attitude problems"?

Sounds more like you have an attitude problem over people in social housing. I know many perfectly decent, honourable, upstanding tenants in social housing.

You've never met an owner-occupier with an attitude problem then, eh?

Why would you not expect a response from the HA, your landlord? Have you emailed them and/or written to them? Followed their complaints procedure as, usually, outlined on their website? Contacted their chief executive? If I fail to get a response from any organisation I write to the Chief exec offering £5 to an agreed charity if I get any response of any nature within 5 days: Works every time.

Do you have "history" in your dealings with your landlord, the HA.

Do let us know your views on others housed at the state's expense, buy-to-let landlords, travellers & those who reside in park homes, please?

moneyistooshorttomention

Personally - I'd start by finding out the name and contact details of the Chief Exec. and phone them up and explain the problem and who the culprit is and asking what they propose to do to resolve the problem of this tenants' behaviour.

Rinse and repeat however many times necessary - ie if they get it sorted on this occasion but the tenant repeats their behaviour then send an email to the Chief Exec. reminding them of previous conversation/action and requesting them to deal with it again.

Norman_Castle

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I wanted to confront the the guy but he and his partner have attitude problems, like other people from social housing.

One of the benefits of social housing is that it gives people in shared ownership someone to look down on.

System

marksoton wrote: »

a) That's a very spurious comment to make.

b) If you believe it to be true why the hell did you part purchase a property in an area of social housing?

When I first moved in, people were pleasant. Over the years, they moved away to replaced with horrible b!tchy characters.

I work in retail in the area and the shop manager have banned a few of these people that live near me because of their behaviour etc. They are also banned from other shops too.

I don't have objections of unemployed, social tenants etc. I do object to people that ruin places by littering, graffiti etc.

marksoton

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I don't have objections of unemployed, social tenants etc. I do object to people that ruin places by littering, graffiti etc.

I think most would agree.

In my line of work we generally disrupt the public and residents to a very large degree and i've worked in massively varying socia economic areas.

Do you know the worst place... The lovely royal borough of Chelsea and Kensington. Never have i been subjected to more abuse. In an area where properties cost millions and a good number of residents had "titles". Just goes to show.....

Davesnave

I have had similar problems where I live, and there isn't social housing (or shared ownership) within a mile of me.

Some people are just lazy, thick, disorganised or a combination of these. When challenged, some will cite being "very busy" as an excuse for not knowing when collections occur, or never putting out anything for recycling.

One of the worst offenders here is a primary school head teacher. He may be bright on paper, but like the others, he's not been clever enough to anonymise his rubbish. Income and status have nothing to do with it.

I second what others have said, heft the rubbish into his garden at night. I've done this when sure of the culprit. Doesn't necessarily change anything, but it'll make you feel better!