Housing Association not managing its residents and impact on private owners/residents

sebtomato

csgohan4 wrote: »

So to move forward, actually put where you money where your mouth is and actually get legal representation if you feel strongly about it.


3 years or 30 years of moaning on here will not change your situation. Do it for real in real life and come back if that made a difference.

I am not moaning on here, I am asking what people have done in similar situations (apart from moving out).

If you don't have anything to share, then don't...

csgohan4

sebtomato wrote: »

I am not moaning on here, I am asking what people have done in similar situations (apart from moving out).

If you don't have anything to share, then don't...

lets see then...




https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/housing/problems-where-you-live/anti-social-behaviour-in-housing/


http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/what-can-i-do-about-nuisance-neighbours


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3365128


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/497533


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/696509


quick google search

Norman_Castle

sebtomato wrote: »

I am not moaning on here, I am asking what people have done in similar situations (apart from moving out).

If you don't have anything to share, then don't...

Getting legal advice about what action could be taken and how successful legal action could be is presumably your next step but there is a limit to what the HA can do. They cannot evict a secure tenant and a court will only evict if they consider the problem serious enough. Your best hope is that the HA agree to move the problem tenants but they are unlikely to be willing to do this and the tenants would need to agree to the move.

Thrugelmir

sebtomato wrote: »

I am not moaning on here, I am asking what people have done in similar situations (apart from moving out).

If you don't have anything to share, then don't...

Having lived in a "nice" Berkshire village for 18 years of my lifetime. We had a near neighbour who tormented his wife and kept her locked up. One night she was heard creaming and found running down the road naked. My first next door neighbour was a criminal. Eventually went to jail for illegal possession of firearms and exporting stolen Range Rovers to the Middle East. Plenty of minor vandalism from the youths in the village, from all backgrounds. As kids are kids though eventually do grow up. Village pub was set on light by the landlords wife after she found footage on the pubs CCTV of her hubby performing with a bar maid on the pool table after hours. The list goes on.

Pixie5740

Thrugelmir wrote: »

One night she was heard creaming and found running down the road naked.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

sebtomato

Norman_Castle wrote: »

there is a limit to what the HA can do. They cannot evict a secure tenant and a court will only evict if they consider the problem serious enough. Your best hope is that the HA agree to move the problem tenants but they are unlikely to be willing to do this and the tenants would need to agree to the move.

Thanks. I do understand they have limited powers when it comes to evicting someone. However, they are also a poor landlord, in term of keeping their building well maintained (externally), fixing damages done by their tenants or others, doing litter picking etc. Those things are within their direct control.

sebtomato

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Having lived in a "nice" Berkshire village for 18 years of my lifetime. We had a near neighbour who tormented his wife and kept her locked up. One night she was heard creaming and found running down the road naked. My first next door neighbour was a criminal. Eventually went to jail for illegal possession of firearms and exporting stolen Range Rovers to the Middle East. Plenty of minor vandalism from the youths in the village, from all backgrounds. As kids are kids though eventually do grow up. Village pub was set on light by the landlords wife after she found footage on the pubs CCTV of her hubby performing with a bar maid on the pool table after hours. The list goes on.

Sounds like wisteria lane of desperate housewives. Nice and polite on the outside, but lots of dirty secrets.

To be honest, I would settle for nice and polite on the outside for now...

sebtomato

Davesnave wrote: »

Claim it by all means, but prove or quantify it?

As the OP says himself:
"this is a very nice estate, in a very nice location. Would be very hard to find something similar elsewhere, and any development would have its share of HA anyway."

Unfortunately, when walking around the large estate, it's easy to identify which block belongs to the HA, when it comes to external appearance, litter around it, condition of the gardens surrounding the building, what's hanging from the windows, parking outside of bays etc etc.

I don't see why a HA block should stand out from other private blocks, but it's clearly the case here, and would be easy to prove (by just comparing other blocks in the same estate). Quantifying the financial impact on other blocks would indeed be harder, but some private tenants are moving out, and prospective buyers could be put off.

Police stats would also easily demonstrate a much higher number of Police interventions for a specific block.

C_Mababejive

In this modern era, there is a lot to be said for living in a social housing area or buying an ex "council" house. Why? Because HAs now seek to enforce rigourous policies and actively evict tenants whereas if you live in fully "private" estate,well neighbours can do almost as they please and what can you do? well you can do almost nothing other than sell up or put up with it.