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• Social Housing Regulation

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/housing-standards

  April 2024 saw the implementation of a new consumer-focused regime to ensure the voice of residents is heard and to rebalance the relationship between tenant and Registered Social Landlords. A key element of this is that landlords need to demonstrate that tenants have been involved at every level of decision-making.

• Doncaster Housing Strategy

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/our-housing-strategy-2015-2025

  Our homes have a powerful influence on our health and wellbeing. This has become even more apparent during 2020, when many of us spent much more time in our own homes than we normally would expect to and many of our residents were still dealing with the aftermath of the devastating floods in November 2019.

• Housing Associations (Affordable Housing)

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/housing-associations

  Housing Associations in Doncaster own, manage and maintain over 4,000 properties

• Doncaster Supported Housing Improvement Programme

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/doncaster-supported-housing-improvement-programme

  The Supported Housing Improvement Programme (SHIP) is an England wide £20 million funding programme available from 2022-2025. The City of Doncaster Council was successful with its bid for funding and began operation of SHIP in mid-2023. SHIP focuses on three main areas of Supported Housing; Housing Benefits, Housing Standards and Support Review. The project aims to ensure supported housing provides safe and appropriate accommodation, delivers positive outcomes and provides value for money for the taxpayer.

• What is Local Housing Allowance

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/council-tax-benefits/what-is-local-housing-allowance

  Local Housing Allowance (LHA) applies to most tenants who rent their home from a private landlord.

• Specialist and Supported Housing

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/specialist-and-supported-housing

  Doncaster wants to ensure its residents live in homes that support good health and wellbeing. Providing the right homes and support is vital in enabling vulnerable people to live independently in the community; ensuring they have choice and control of where and how they live.

• Damp, mould & condensation

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/damp-mould-condensation

  Complaints about damp and mouldy properties are common especially during the winter months when condensation is more likely to occur. Disputes between landlords and tenants concerning who should take action to remedy a damp and/ or condensation problem are also not unusual owing to the complex range of factors that can lead to the problem occurring. This page will provide you with helpful information about what can be done to alleviate damp and mould problems and what we can do to assist.

• Private Renting - House Repairs

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/landlord-and-tenant-responsibilities

  We have a statutory duty to keep the housing conditions in our area under review with a view to identifying any action that may need to be taken to address housing disrepair issues. In the majority of cases we will seek to form agreements to secure property improvement, however in some circumstances we will use legal enforcement measures to secure improvement if tenants are at risk.

• Electrical Safety in Private Rented Accommodation

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/electrical-safety-in-private-rented-property

  We recognise that most landlords fully understand their obligations to keep electrical installations in repair and good working order and that most already undertake regular electrical safety checks. Regulations are now in force requiring that landlords have the electrical installation at their properties checked at least once every five years.

• Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) in the Private Rented Sector

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/energy-performance-certificates-epcs-in-the-private-rented-sector

  Information and advice on the requirements for EPCs in privately rented properties. This page also contains details of legal obligations for PRS landlords under the recently introduced Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards Regulations (MEES).