Anti-social behaviour

[abstibus]

Do you think that if landlords, councils and housing associations were presented with a bill by the police for each call they have to make to deal with troublesome/noisy/anti-social tenants, they might be prepared to take steps to ensure that these people behave themselves?
I know that this might lead to nuisance or revenge calls, but who takes responsibility for such behaviour?

[boxtops]

It's a good thought, but it doesn't stop the people themselves behaving in that way, somewhere else. It's the ASBO people who have realise how their behaviour is unacceptable, and I have no idea how one makes a start on that.

[boxtops]

^ There is an article in our local paper about the council taking steps with ASBO tenants, which is fine if they're in council property - but what about ASBOs who own their own houses - they can't be evicted. Eviction only moves the problem on to some other area.

[EDDIE51]

Daft question !
What exactly are the housing associations or land lords expected to do with the tenents? Take the law into their own hands ? Evict them by force without a court order ? Like it or not these people have to like some where evicting them just moves the problem on to some one else.
I know let the landolords build private prisons so they can lock up all the 'problem' tenents!

[abstibus]

A 'good behaviour' bond would be a start.

[boxtops]

The private tenancy agreements I've signed in the past have always contained a clause about nuisance to other tenants, which might result in the tenancy being terminated. Like I say though - they just move somewhere else.

[EDDIE51]

As Boxtops says such 'bonds' are standard practice , they just ignore them. Pointless !

[emmie]

not sure the police do much at any rate, not the ones i have come across. They don't come out at the drop of a hat it you call about noisy neighbours, that is usually down to the local council, and going on ours they only operate a team to deal with noise, problems after 6pm to 2am, so what use it is if its before or after those times.

[daffy654]

Why do people assume that it is only tenants who are trouble causers/noisy neighbours?
We rent and are very quiet and respectable people, neighbours both sides own their homes and are a nightmare with noise. In fact I was kept up last night by the sound of the neighbour on one side having very noisy sex. :(