FOI001690 FOI Residential Services

Short Description
Private Rental Sector Complaints
Reference number
FOI001690
Date
15/05/2025
Request

This FOI is for the attention of the council officers who oversee the private rented sector. 


1. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to private rented sector housing for the following years:  

2023/2024 
2024/2025 

2. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to social housing for the following years:  

2023/2024 
2024/2025  

3. The number of Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years: 

2023/2024 
2024/2025  

If applicable: 3a) The total number of property licensing (selective and/or additional) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years: 

2023/2024 
2024/2025 

4. How many improvement notices have been served in relation to Category 1 and/or Category 2 hazards on PRS properties per year for the following years: 

2023/2024 
2024/2025 

If possible, please list the total number of Improvement Notices served exclusively because of category 1 hazards.  

5. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Overcrowding Notices (Housing Act 2004 Part 2) on properties in the PRS for the following years: 

2023/2024 
2024/2025  

6. Please state the year in which your local authority last carried out a Stock Condition Survey.  


7. How many housing units in your local authority do you estimate to be in the Private Rented Sector?  
 

Response