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Supporting People
The Supporting People programme plans, commissions and funds housing related support for vulnerable people.
For further information, please view the Supporting People webpages on the North Yorkshire County Council website.
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Golden Triangle Partnership
Private Rented Housing
From 6 April 2007, when you start a new tenancy with a private
landlord or letting agent and you pay a cash deposit, the landlord
or agent must protect your deposit using a Government authorised tenancy deposit scheme.
Guidance for landlords, agents and tenants on how privately rented housing conditions are inspected and assessed. Find out about the new changes under the Housing Act 2004, coming into force from 6 April 2006.
The advice in this section should be read together with the information on the new licensing system in our Multiple Occupance Homes section.
In this section:
- Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) - the new prescribed national method for the assessment of housing conditions
- Why is a new approach needed?
- The Housing Health and Rating System in practice
- Why the new system?
- How is the system applied
- What are the principles of the system?
- What are the hazards?
- How are inspections carried out?
- Who will carry out inspections?
- How are asseessments made?
- What is the likelihood?
- What are the outcomes?
- How is the score calculated?
- How does this work in practice?
- How will the system be used in practice?
- Enforcement Options - A Landlords Guide
- What are the grounds for appeal?
- How do Residential Property Tribunals work?
- Tenancy Deposit Protection
- What is the landlords role?
- What is the agents role?
- Where can I get more information?