Support

Representation ID: 539

Received: 04/08/2010

Respondent: Cllr Burdett

DM16 Agree completely at present there is an unfair distribution of Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) these people need positive role models which they are not getting if they are all contained within the one area of Kursaal. Around 40% of the remaining un-subdivided houses in parts of Kursaal now seem to be HMOs with no regulation and they at face value appear to cause 90% of the problems in regard to Anti-Social behaviour, drug dealing and cultivation etc we have in the area it would surely be a step in the right direction, the other 10% seems to relate to other private lets, though we do of course have some great tenants who are central to our community. When you consider that our borders to York Road and Hastings Road seem to be at around 80% saturation in terms of HMO and poorly maintained/managed property owned by a few landlords, even if they are fronting them via others or are Housing Associations, it is a shame that they cannot seem to run these as well as the Rosemead Project, who actively engage with the community which they are part of.