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Published: 24 May 2007

Hitting the roof over new tenancy scheme

• CAMDEN Council wishes to make all new council tenancies ‘introductory tenancies’ as part of a strategy to improve tenants’ behaviour.
They seem to be particularly directed at single homeless people who would be given accommodation provided they adhere to a ‘pathway’ form of model behaviour.
Introductory tenancies would mean that it would be much easier for the council to repossess a property.
There would still be a court hearing, but the court would only have to be assured that the tenants had been notified of their right to appeal.
Thus, the council wants to remove the right to security of tenure at a stroke – mostly it seems, because landlords awarded three stars in 2006 by the Audit Commission now use introductory tenancies.
Therefore, the argument goes, if Camden wishes to keep its star status, it will need to have introductory tenancies.
Are there really so many disruptive tenants in Camden, that there should be introductory tenancies for all new tenants, just so to be able to control a few – especially when there are already strict provisions in the tenancy conditions?
And would those properties, once easily emptied, then be available for quick sale to the highest bidder?
Let’s not have introductory tenancies in Camden. There are enough controls over tenants as it is.
PAUL TOMLINSON
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Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@camdennewjournal.co.uk. The deadline for letters is midday Tuesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld. Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.

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