Licensing Consultation in Southwark

Grow up and be more professional John, re several of your responses on this page

Reply to the comment left by "John Daley" at "21/10/2014 - 15:25":

John

>There might be an effect on rents but I think that the more general increase trend in rents wil mask it or even obscure it altogether. I have seen a recent peice of research which claims the lowest room rental in Soutwark is now over £200 pw

What did they reckon you got for that?

Tx for your reply.

Can you give me a citation and link for that research please?

Thanks

Matt

Reply to the comment left by "Victoria Morris" at "21/10/2014 - 15:53":

Hi Victoria,

I can't change the documents we have issued for cosultation as it would compromise the process.

Ideally it would help us if you responded to the consultation email address, explaining your point and asking for a revision of the relevant section.

I have a note of this and after the consultation we will review all the responses and see how it all fits together.

In terms of this questtion, we require someone to be the licensee, if the licensee goes on holiday for example they need to appoint someone to take care of the business while they are away. If they are 'on holiday' a lot perhaps they need to think about who the licensee should be.

We do not need to be informed if someone else is caretaking in the short term or even longer term provided the residents have access to someone who delivers the property management service all the time.

Reply to the comment left by "chris wright" at "21/10/2014 - 16:44":

Hi Chris,

I will check but I think that we will not be able to release our data because it relates to a range of events that we describe are incidents but are actually crimes and police reports and case work for Southwarks ASB teams. If we release the data it would be possible to identify the property, and possibly the victim and perpetrator. So obviously that data cannot be released.

I think my post on what we have done with the data is clear and the meaning is also clear. Why would I say what I meant and then change it because you want it to mean something else.

Reply to the comment left by "Matt Wardman" at "21/10/2014 - 19:32":

Hi Matt,

The cost refers to a room in a shared house.

The research is being sponsored by South East London Housing Partnership (SELHP) it has not yet been released on their website but I understand that it will be out soon.

Reply to the comment left by "John Daley" at "22/10/2014 - 12:07":

noted.
and this - your response please?

JD Quote “We have agreed that the data is not absolute, in that no one can tie ASB to tenure, because the data does not record tenure. ”

So what you’re saying is ASB is not directly attributable to the private rented sector?

Reply to the comment left by "John Daley" at "22/10/2014 - 11:57":

Hallo John

You have provided important clarifications to the questions I posted. I have summarized your answers and submitted them in the official consultation questionnaire with a request for inclusion in the final documents. For reference to all concerned, here is the summary of your answers submitted by you to my questions on this blog.

1. Clarification related to the Consultation Document Section 7.3. Licensing procedure and to the Proposed Standard – Regulation 3.
The ‘landlord’ for the purpose of licensing may choose if absent for a long period of time to delegate the practical control of the property, collecting rent and arranging repairs etc, to a ‘local manager’. In this case it will be the ‘landlord’ who will be held responsible for the discharge of all the duties that are imposed by licensing and be responsible for any penalties of failure to comply with the terms of the scheme, and not the ‘local manager’.

2. Clarifications regarding fire risk. A licensing inspector would accept a Fire Risk Assessment written by a qualified contractor on behalf of the landlord, unless there were obvious grounds to question it. If the inspector would be concerned about any particular issues we would raise our concerns with the landlord and from our point of view justify the concerns with the HHSRS risk assessment. If the item could not be resolved by discussion then we would refer to the Fire Service for advice and a decision.

PS. Regarding Clarification 2, Fire Risk Assessment. My FRA contractor is accredited by Institute of Fire Safety Managers (not by LACORS as I mistakenly stated earler).

thank you

A reasonable summary Victoria - may i ask if you don't get these incoporated into the final draft will you consider exiting the PRS Southwark market along with your portfolio?

Reply to the comment left by "chris wright" at "23/10/2014 - 11:27":

Hi Chris.

There is a good chance for that.

Thanks Victoria - so where we are now is that at least one decent long standing LL considers an exit to PRS because of new licensing conditions, terms that can be interepreted on a whim, new ones added at anytime, the resultant costs to comply (on top of the license fee) and or the threat of unworkable conditions leading to prosecution and a criminal record looming all the time over them.

I could be forgiven for thinking just where does that leave the Southwark council policy of ridding the borough of the rogue LL's in persuit of an ASB free zone?

I don't want John to answer that issue - i would rather he answered my earlier question to his statement .... JD Quote “We have agreed that the data is not absolute, in that no one can tie ASB to tenure, because the data does not record tenure. ”

So what you’re saying John is you (southwark) have agreed ASB is not directly attributable to the private rented sector?