Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Demand safe homes in Harringay
Haringey Council is issuing landlords licences for shared homes (HMOs) without safety checks and is even paying criminals to house people in unsafe and illegal properties.
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Permalink Reply by Sandy
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In applying for a license you have to be a fit and proper person and declare any convictions on submitting all your safety certificates online with your application you wont get a license without and then Haringey council checks the information and sends a housing officer to inspect the property. i cant see how properties are being licensed to criminals and without the required safety checks. There is far too much regulation in rental housing that's why rents are going up ridiculous amounts and honest landlords are selling
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Sandy, being a fit and proper person is required by law but the problem is Haringey Council's enforcement of the law. I was going to give you an example, but I've made a new thread for it here so you can see the issue there. The issue on safety checks is related to temporary accomodation, not rentals. The council should carry out suitability checks before placing someone in temporary accommodation, including safety checks (e.g. there is heating, it's fire safe, no rodent infestation, no mould) and based on the article in the original post, they aren't always doing that.
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They absolutely don’t you are right on that! I think they turn a blind eye to much of it, because there are so many who need housing, and they want to keep people where they are.
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Dan,
Even if this was temporary accommodation someone applied for a licence as the article does say that a license was applied for and is pending
The issue of safety would be addressed by the multiple different certificates and information that one has to submit with the license application
Haringey Council would have been aware of the conditions ie at least read the pending application before housing people there and follow up with a site visit asap
It would not be issuing licenses without safety checks or paying criminals to house people that’s the whole purpose of the license... Do you know who applied for the license and who was being paid from the rental income?
Safety checks and licenses apply to ALL privately rented homes in Haringey even if you are renting to one household. You can check on the Haringey Council website for more information
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I know the article is about HMO’s and this is very important. But also what is supposed to be coming at some point, are licences on houses that are in flats etc. I was told a little while back, that this will eventually become compulsory. Now where I live has been granted a licence. Despite a few things being known. And how can the council give that, when from what is seen it is not a complete conversion in the sense that for example, the part that separates my flat and the other flat, is like board that when their television was put up, the screws for the bracket, came through to my flat 🤷🏻♀️ I pointed this out to an inspector and he just did a face 🤷🏻♀️ So what does that say!
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