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Housing & Health

Collaboration

Consumer

Safeguarding

Business

Economic Development

Excellence Savings

Protection

Health

Public

Safety

Quality

Income

Resilience

Success

Communities

Innovation Leadership

Wellbeing

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Housing Act 2004

• Housing Health & Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

A tool to assess the safety and suitability of Housing for the purpose of Human Habitation.

• Applies to all existing domestic properties.
• Provides enforcement tools to make landlords carryout works to ensure

properties are safe for habitation.

• HHSRS lists 29 potential safety hazards that can occur within domestic

properties.

• Once a complaint has been received from a tenant Officers will inspect

the property to identify any hazards. If necessary we will ensure that the landlord reduces identified hazards to an acceptable level.

Housing & Health Physiological Requirements

Damp & Mould Growth, Excess Cold, Excess Heat, Asbestos, Biocides, Carbon Monoxide, Lead, Radiation, Un-combusted Fuel Gas, Volatile Organic Compounds.

Psychological Requirements

Crowding & Space, Entry by Intruders, Lighting, Noise.

Protection Against Infection

Domestic Hygiene Pests & Refuse, Food Safety, Personal Hygiene Sanitation & Drainage, Water Supply

Protection Against Accidents

Falls with Baths, Falls on Level Surfaces, Falls on Stairs, Falls between Levels, Electrical Hazards, Fire, Flames & Hot Surfaces, Collision & Entrapment, Explosions, Position & Operability of Amenities, Structural Collapse & Falling Elements

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A Life of Grime

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Filthy & Verminous Premises

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Condensation

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Damp

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Damp

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Pests

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Hot Surfaces

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Rent Smart Wales (RSW)

• RSW is the Welsh Landlord registration & Licensing

Scheme administered across Wales by Cardiff Council.

• Private landlords must register their rental

properties.

• And must either obtain a Landlords Licence or

employ a Licensed Agent to manage their properties.

• You can check property details and find out further

information from the RSW Website https://www.rentsmart.gov.wales/en/

Housing & Health

HMOs and Licensing

• “Houses in Multiple Occupation” often present the poorest

conditions and greatest management challenges

• HMOs will typically be shared houses, bedsits, flat

conversions or a mixture of flats and bedsits

• They may house a particular sector e.g. students/young

professionals or unrelated, disparate people

• There is a full spectrum of conditions from outstanding to

horrific with everything in between

• They provoke great interest e.g. the impact of students on

communities, housing of asylum seekers

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HMO Licensing – an overview

• Mandatory licensing for 3 storey HMOs with 5 occupiers

since 2006

• “Additional Licensing” of HMOs:

– Where HMOs in a district are badly managed & have an impact – Council must consult and make robust case – Scheme operates for 5 years – Once declared it operates as if it were Mandatory Licensing

• Landlords must apply for a licence & be “fit and proper”
• HMOs are inspected and standards applied – fire, space,

amenities, occupancy limit

• Licence conditions are applied controlling management

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HMO Licensing – Complimentary Initiatives

• 3,000+ HMO licences issued in Cardiff
• Close work with Planning & Welsh Government

– “To let board” restrictions – Control over new HMO development – C4 use class

• Partnership working with Universities

– Student Liaison Officer – Student Community Action Plan

• Joint inspections/referrals from Police to fight burglary
• Partnership Working with Fire & Rescue Service

– Asylum Seeker Accommodation

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