Labour Group Amendment
Ethical Landlord’s Charter
That the relevant changes are made to the recommendations as shown below in strikethrough and bold italics:
Council
Committee
notes that:
·
Housing
Committee has previously received a deputation on a Minimum
Standards Charter from ACORN in 2019 which highlighted
demanded on behalf of renters in the city a commitment to
better standards relating to affordability of rents,
security of tenancies and evictions, expected quality of repairs
and general service, and discrimination;
·
Housing
Committee has also previously agreed to ‘work with
Acorn and other stakeholders to draft an Ethical Landlords’
Charter’ having approved a joint motion on 23 June
2021 support the idea of an Ethical Landlords
Charter;
·
Other
councils have previously produced their own versions of ethical
landlord charters, including Bristol, which had a Bronze, Silver
and Gold standard which with varying asks for
each, as well as several London Boroughs, Norwich, and
others;
Council
Committee
agrees to:
·
Support
and commit to the drafting, production and
adoption of an aspirational Ethical Landlords
Charter (see example attachedtable)
in consultation with stakeholders, concerned community groups
and affected renters, as previously agreed on 23 June 2021;
,in addition to the standards used for procuring privately
rented accommodation for households at risk of homelessness, and
agrees to publish this on the council's website and promote to
landlords and lettings agents in the city
· Facilitate a cross-party working group to work towards drafting and adopting such a charter
·
Review
the Ethical Landlords Charter periodically especially reflecting
any new legislation that the government bring forward as part of
their ‘New Deal for private renters’ in their
Renter’s Reform Bill.
Proposed by:
Cllr
Williams
Seconded by: Cllr Fowler
Motion, as amended:
Committee notes
that:
· Housing Committee has previously received a deputation on a Minimum Standards Charter from ACORN in 2019 which demanded on behalf of renters in the city a commitment to better standards relating to affordability of rents, security of tenancies and evictions, expected quality of repairs and general service, and discrimination;
· Housing Committee has also previously agreed to ‘work with Acorn and other stakeholders to draft an Ethical Landlords’ Charter’ having approved a joint motion on 23 June 2021;
· Other councils have previously produced their own versions of ethical landlord charters, including Bristol, which had a Bronze, Silver and Gold standard with varying asks for each, as well as several London Boroughs, Norwich, and others;
Committeeagrees
to:
· Support and commit to the drafting, production and adoption of an Ethical Landlords Charter (example attached) in consultation with stakeholders, concerned community groups and affected renters, as previously agreed on 23 June 2021;
· Facilitate a cross-party working group to work towards drafting and adopting such a charter