![]() 30 July 2021
Interim Results Of The Enfield Landlords Prospective Study On ASB Within The London Borough of Enfield. interim results of the Enfield Landlords Prospective Study on anti-social behaviour with the London Borough of Enfield has been released. The 80-month study show with a 99.9% confidence level that the main cause of ASB in the borough is fly-tipping. The Study Population
Sampling in the Enfield Landlords Prospective Study on ASB: The types of people involved and the main locations of ASB in the London Borough of Enfield during the Enfield Landlords Prospective Study on ASB are:
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ASB = Anti social behaviour; LBE = London Borough of Enfield PRSP = Private rented sector properties. . 24 July 2021
Enfield Council Has Obtained Permission To Commence Selective Licensing Of Landlords The Council has under the cover of the Covid-19 pandemic applied to the government for a Section 80 of the Housing Act 2004, and obtained permission to commence selective licensing of Landlords owning residential properties in 14 wards in Enfield Borough. This applies to residential properties that are let to one or two people or to families. There was no proper consultation with Landlords or Landlord Groups in the borough before the Council made the application and we were certainly never consulted. The following wards will be affected by the selective licensing scheme:
More details can be found at the council website HERE. Section 95 of the Housing Act gives Enfield Council the power to exact an unlimited financial penalty from any unlicensed property including recovery of 12-month Housing Benefit/Universal Credit-funded rent already paid and a £30,000 fine. This is a despite the Judgment Orders of HHJ McKenna of the Royal Courts of Justice, London made on 14 December 2014. In his Judgment, HHJ McKenna ruled that: "The implementation and operation of an unlawful designation is a continuing unlawful act which could be challenged by an affected landlord or indeed any other claimant with the necessary standing. Alternatively any landlord could simply refuse at any time in the future to apply for a licence and rely on the ultra vires nature of the designation as a defence if prosecuted ”. Enfield Landlords will challenge this designation for selective licensing in Court and will seek again to prove that it is unlawful. We invite all like-minded Landlords to join the fight by signing up HERE 07 September 2015 Syrian Refugees Are Welcome! An emergency meeting of the Executive of Enfield Landlords on Monday 07 September 2015 agreed to ask members to provide 300 houses or flats to house Syrian refugees. The refugee crisis is the greatest moral challenge of our time and Enfield Landlords cannot simply fold their hands whilst this tragedy unfolds. We declare that refugees are welcome in the London Borough of Enfield and are willing to provide housing from the housing stock of private Landlords in the Borough to help contain this crisis! We support the Government's initiative to accept 20,000 refugees into the United Kingdom and urge all our members to sign up to the scheme to house refugees from Syria. 11 March 2015 Enfield Council Persists In Pursuing Licensing Of Private LandLords In The Borough But The Housing Minister: Brandon Lewis MP Has Rejected Their Application For Permission Some people never listen and others never learn! But why Enfield Council is behaving so spitefully, nobody can explain. They have lost the matter at the High Court and now the Minister of State for Planning & Housing has refused to give his permission for Enfield Council to re-start the consultation process on licensing all over again. Landlords may need to mobilise again against Enfield Council if they do NOT STOP wasting taxpayers' money by pursuing their misconceived scheme to raise money from private Landlords in the Borough of Enfield under the guise of licensing. 11 December 2014 The High Court Rules Against Licensing Of Private Landlords In Enfield. An Enfield Landlord has won the case he brought against Enfield Council via a Judicial Review that was heard on 26 November 2014 at the Royal Courts of Justice. Judgment was passed on 11 December 2014 by His Honour Judge McKenna. The Judgment of HHJ McKenna can be found HERE. Judge McKenna quashed Enfield Council’s proposal to commence additional and selective licensing in the borough. This would have required all private rented property in the borough to be licensed from 1 April 2015. In the judgment, HHJ McKenna stated that: "The implementation and operation of an unlawful designation is a continuing unlawful act which could be challenged by an affected landlord or indeed any other claimant with the necessary standing. Alternatively any landlord could simply refuse at any time in the future to apply for a licence and rely on the ultra vires nature of the designation as a defence if prosecuted ”. He found that Enfield Council had failed to consult the 6 surrounding boroughs, did not obtain the consent of the Secretary of State and did not consult for the required length of time. He concluded: "I conclude that the additional and selective licensing schemes were not lawfully designated, nor can they lawfully be implemented unless and until Enfield (a) conduct a lawful consultation as required by ss.56 and 80; and, (b) having done so, obtains approval for a lawfully designated scheme (whether specific confirmation from the Secretary of State or under the General Approval)." HHJ McKenna also refused permission for Enfield to appeal against the decision. Let us all hope that Enfield Council has learnt its lesson. Here are the minutes of the meeting and resolutions passed by the Scrutiny & Overview Committee on 30 April 2014. CLICK HERE. Enfield Landlords are conducting a study in the London Borough of Enfield to identify the drivers of anti-social behaviour in the borough. We would be grateful for your responses to the questions that we ask in the survey below: Research question: Is there a link between tenure type of property and anti social behaviour in the London Borough of Enfield? Inclusion criteria:
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Research Enfield Council Based The Decision To Commence Licensing Of Private Landlords On.
Enfield Council based their decision to commence licensing of private landlords on a flawed study by an obscure consulting group known as NKM titled "Understanding The Relationship Between Private Rented Properties And Anti-Social Behavior In Enfield". Here are extracts from a critical appraisal of the NKM Study: ASB Data Highlights
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Sources Of Error In The Analysis.
Weaknesses Of The Study
Does this study stand up to scrutiny?
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Enfield Landlords Welcomes Afghan Refugees!
"We 'll be forever grateful!" Enfield Landlords echos the sentiments of the Prime Minister on the men and women who served in our Armed Forces in Afghanistan. We commit to providing 2,500 homes for the settlement of Afghan refugees in the London Borough of Enfield, and in other private properties across the UK.