"Anti-social
behaviour affects people’s well-being and quality of life and is wholly
unacceptable.
"I want to
work with all housing organisations and social landlords to ensure consistent
policies are in place to deal with housing related problems for both tenants
and staff.
"Landlords
need to adopt a more proactive approach to tackling anti-social behaviour with
a fundamental shift towards more preventative work. The focus should be on the
needs of victims with social landlords increasingly looking for the early
warning signs of domestic abuse that can sometimes be exhibited through
anti-social behaviour.
"Research
published last month identified effective working practices and policies by
some social landlords. I want to use this; together with examples I have seen
during visits to projects successfully tackling anti-social behaviour, such as
Bron Afon Community Housing and Flintshire Council, to drive forward
improvement across the sector.
"Social
landlords, in both housing associations and local authorities, have policies in
place to tackle anti-social behaviour but the research study showed there was
room for improvement.
"I am
determined to take further action to stamp out this wholly unacceptable
behaviour and have set up a series of workshops to identify what more can be
done to tackle this problem."