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Anti-Social Behaviour


Tenancy conditions

In line with our anti-social behaviour policy and procedure, we will take legal action against you, as the tenant, if you, anyone living with you or any visitors to your property (including children) engage in antisocial behaviour, either at your property or within the locality of your property.

If you break any of the conditions in this section, we may take legal action against you. This could lead to you losing your property.

If you are evicted from your property due to antisocial behaviour, we are extremely unlikely to offer you accommodation in the future unless there have been major changes to your circumstances. We may also tell other landlords that we have evicted you for antisocial behaviour.

You are responsible for the behaviour of every person (including children) living with you permanently or temporarily, and of people who visit your property with your permission. You are responsible for their behaviour while they are at your property, in the locality or neighbourhood of your property, and in shared areas (for example, stairs, lifts, landings, entrance halls, gardens, bin stores and parking areas).

Examples of nuisance, annoyance or disturbance include:
  • Playing loud music
  • Slamming doors
  • Dog barking and fouling
  • Offensive behaviour
  • Drunkenness
  • Prostitution
  • Graffiti
  • Selling drugs or drug abuse
  • Dumping rubbish
  • Playing ball games close to someone else’s home
This list provides some examples of behaviour that causes a nuisance. It is not a complete list.

You, people living with you and any viisitors to your property (including children) must not cause nuisance, annoyance or disturbance to other tenants, residents, their families, lodgers, visitors or any other person engaged in a lawful activity in the locality or neighbourhood of your property.

Examples of harassment include:
  • Using racist behaviour or language
  • Using or threatening to use violence, using abusive or insulting words or behaviour
  • Damaging or threatening to damage another person’s home or belongings
  • Writing threatening, abusive or insulting graffit
  • Doing anything that interferes with the peace, comfort or convenience of other people
Criminal, immoral and illegal activities include:
  • Selling, storing or using any illegal drugs
  • storing or handling stolen goods
  • doing anything relating to prostitution
If someone responsible for domestic violence continues to live in one of our properties (and the victim has been forced to leave the property as a result of the violence), where appropriate we will use our legal powers to repossess the property.

This sort of equipment includes:
  • Musical instruments
  • Audio equipment such as hi-fis and stereos
  • Games machines
  • Computers
  • Audio-visual equipment such as televisions, video and DVD players
You must not allow or encourage anyone living with you or any visitors to your property (including children), to do anything that breaks your tenancy agreement.

You, people living with you and any visitors to your property (including children) must not discriminate against, intimidate or harass any other person or group because of their colour, race, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or religious belief.

You, people living with you and any visitors to the property (including children) must not use the property or any shared area, for any criminal, immoral or illegal purpose.

You, people living with you and any visitors to your property (including children) must not be violent or threaten violence against any other person.

You, people living with you and any visitors to your property (including children) must not cause a nuisance or annoyance by playing or using any equipment that produces sound that can be heard outside the property or by people living in other properties. This includes music being played in gardens and in cars parked outside the property.

You should consider the noise level from the appliance, how long you are going to use it for, and the time of day (or night) you are going to use it.

Physical abuse includes any actual or threatened assault, attack, violent act or aggression.

Visitors to your property (including children) must not cause a nuisance or annoyance when using household electrical and DIY appliances, to neighbours or people living near to you.

You, people living with you and any visitors to your property (including children) must not damage or put graffiti on our property. You will have to pay for any repair or replacement.

You, people living with you and any visitors to the property (including children) must act reasonably and must not commit, cause or allow acts of physical or verbal abuse to our employees, agents, contractors, and councillors.

The list below shows examples of behaviour, which we will always class as antisocial behaviour. It is not a complete list.
  • Using or threatening violence
  • Racist behaviour, including literature, letters and verbal abuse
  • Harassment, for example, because of a person’s colour, race, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexuality, age, physical or mental disability, or religious belief
  • Prostitution and doing anything relating to prostitution
  • Causing a nuisance in lifts and shared areas, for example, using a lift as a toilet, or blocking chutes
  • Criminal activity in properties
  • Drug and alcohol abuse, substance misuse or drug dealing
  • Verbal abuse and offensive gestures
  • Domestic violence
  • Damaging property, including cars and bikes
  • Arson or attempted arson
  • Dumping rubbish and furniture
  • Putting offensive materials through letter boxes
  • Malicious communications, for example, telephone calls, text messages or e-mails
  • Writing or spraying graffiti
  • Storing vehicles, which are powered by petrol, diesel or paraffin, in shared areas
  • Throwing things off balconies or out of windows
  • Breaking shared security, for example, allowing strangers to get into the building
  • Blocking shared areas
  • Playing ball games in areas where this is not allowed
  • Parking a vehicle in a way that blocks access for pedestrians or vehicles, or causes damage to grassed and other areas
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