increases for tenants. Pregnant and Housing authority to Housing Department Pregnancy new mothers may exercise homelessness to exercise homeless of Maternity & face eviction from duties to eligible tenants duties to vulnerable Paternity HMO accommodation by assisting tenants to residents and as a result of licensing secure alternative and enforcement of suitable accommodation licence conditions either in private rented or limiting occupancy social housing sector Low income/benefit Licensing will be Private tenants to be dependant beneficial in the longer supported if there are of status households term as housing negative standards should improve consequences arising and and greater security of from the Council’s tenure will discourage enforcement landlords from approach exploitation of vulnerable tenants. Licence fees will be set at a level designed to cover costs in order to minimize the burden on landlords and minimize the likelihood that the charges will be passed onto tenants through increased rents. There is also a proposal to offer an early bird discount so that landlords can benefit from reduced fees if they apply early. Review The EIA will be reviewed by the Project Manager following completion of the full consultation exercise in order to incorporate informed information. Following implementation of the licensing scheme(s) a further review will be carried out after 12 months of the schemes operation and annually thereafter in order to ascertain if there has been any significant negative impact upon groups with protected characteristics.
increases for tenants. Pregnancy Maternity & Paternity Pregnant and new mothers may face eviction from HMO accommodation as a result of licensing and enforcement of licence conditions limiting occupancy Housing authority to exercise homelessness duties to eligible tenants by assisting tenants to secure alternative suitable accommodation either in private rented or social housing sector Housing Department to exercise homeless duties to vulnerable residents of and status Low income/benefit dependant households Licensing will be beneficial in the longer term as housing standards should improve and greater security of tenure will discourage landlords from exploitation of vulnerable tenants. Licence fees will be set at a level designed to cover costs in order to minimize the burden on landlords and minimize the likelihood that the charges will be passed onto tenants through increased rents. There is also a proposal to offer an early bird discount so that landlords can benefit from reduced fees if they apply early. Private tenants to be supported if there are negative consequences arising from the Council’s enforcement approach of and Review The EIA will be reviewed by the Project Manager following completion of the full consultation exercise in order to incorporate informed information. Following implementation of the licensing scheme(s) a further review will be carried out after 12 months of the schemes operation and annually thereafter in order to ascertain if there has been any significant negative impact upon groups with protected characteristics.
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