Action Plan In this section you should list the specific actions that set out how you will address any negative equality impacts you have identified in this assessment. Protected Identified Action to be taken to Intended outcomes characteristic negative impact mitigate impact* and monitoring** Sex/Gender Males, particularly The implementation of a Numbers of those under the age Selective Licensing homeless of of 35 may be scheme alongside HMO declarations from negatively impacted licensing in with high young males and by the implementation concentrations of HMO’s resulting from closure of Additional HMO should dissuade of HMO’s due to licensing as bedsit landlords from reverting licensing requirement unit numbers may shared houses back to to be monitored. reduce as a direct single household result of licensing and accommodation by enforcement of removing the ability for standards leading to a landlords to avoid consequential rise in licensing altogether the number of Wherever possible, evictions displaced private tenants to be supported by rehousing within existing stock of privately leased shared accommodation managed by the Housing Department Ethnicity/Race Migrant households Licensing will prevent Numbers of with no entitlement to lawful eviction of tenants households of public or social from premises which are presenting as housing may be required to be, but not homeless to be and displaced due to their licensed, so should monitored by housing inability to afford provide additional department potential increases in protection from eviction in rent or reduction in some cases. availability of shared Early bird discounts and accommodation other incentives to reduce license fee to be incorporated into fee structure in order to minimise the risk of rent
Action Plan In this section you should list the specific actions that set out how you will address any negative equality impacts you have identified in this assessment. Protected characteristic Identified negative impact Action to be taken to mitigate impact* Intended outcomes and monitoring** Sex/Gender Males, particularly those under the age of 35 may be negatively impacted by the implementation of Additional HMO licensing as bedsit unit numbers may reduce as a direct result of licensing and enforcement of standards leading to a consequential rise in the number of evictions The implementation of a Selective Licensing scheme alongside HMO licensing in with high concentrations of HMO’s should dissuade landlords from reverting shared houses back to single household accommodation by removing the ability for landlords to avoid licensing altogether Wherever possible, displaced private tenants to be supported by rehousing within existing stock of privately leased shared accommodation managed by the Housing Department Numbers of homeless declarations from young males resulting from closure of HMO’s due to licensing requirement to be monitored. of and Ethnicity/Race Migrant households with no entitlement to public or social housing may be displaced due to their inability to afford potential increases in rent or reduction in availability of shared accommodation Licensing will prevent lawful eviction of tenants from premises which are required to be, but not licensed, so should provide additional protection from eviction in some cases. Early bird discounts and other incentives to reduce license fee to be incorporated into fee structure in order to minimise the risk of rent Numbers of households presenting as homeless to be monitored by housing department of and
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