Private Sector Housing Enforcement
I am writing to request information held by you about enforcement actions taken in relation to private landlords and privately rented homes. Please provide, for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025 inclusive, a month-by-month dataset showing the number of enforcement actions undertaken against private landlords and/or in respect of privately rented dwellings. For each month, please provide the following fields (as held in your records): A. Month (YYYY-MM) B. Enforcement action type (using your own internal categories or statutory power labels) C. Reason/category for the action (using whatever category/issue code you use for tracking) D. Outcome/status of the action (using your tracking outcomes, e.g. complied, appealed, revoked, conviction, civil penalty issued, penalty paid/unpaid, works in default completed, etc.) E. Count of actions (integer) If your system records an action at property-level or case-level, please count each recorded enforcement action instance. If multiple notices/orders are recorded under a single case, please count each distinct action as recorded in your system. For avoidance of doubt, by 'enforcement actions' I mean any formal action taken under housing, public health, licensing, planning, or related statutory powers that you record as enforcement against a private landlord or a privately rented property. This includes (where held) but is not limited to: * Housing Act 2004 actions such as Improvement Notices, Prohibition Orders, Hazard Awareness Notices, Emergency Remedial Action, Emergency Prohibition Orders, and related notices/orders. * HMO licensing enforcement actions (mandatory/additional/selective licensing), including licence refusal/revocation, civil penalties, prosecutions, and any recorded enforcement notices relating to licensing breaches. * Works in default, rent repayment order applications initiated by the authority, and any other formal PRS enforcement powers you record. If you use a narrower operational definition of 'enforcement action' for reporting, please apply your standard definition and explain it briefly. Please interpret this request as seeking information 'held' by the authority at the time you process this request, including information held on your behalf by contractors. If you do not hold the information, please confirm this. If another public authority is more likely to hold it, please advise accordingly.