1. Environmental Health: Environmental Protection and Private sector Housing Service What is our function in relation to your business?

2. Landlord’s duty to provide safe, healthy housing Regulation Advice and Support

3. Housing Act 2004 Housing Health and Safety rating System 29 Hazards

4. Damp and mould growth Excess cold Falls Electrical hazards Fire Overcrowding Carbon monoxide Asbestos

5. Link to physical and mental well being Cardiovascular disease Respiratory disease Joint problems Fear of fuel poverty

6. Assessment Liklihood of occurrence resulting in harm Severity of outcome

7. Scoring Category I duty to act Category II may act

8. Enforcement powers Hazard awareness notice Improvement notice Prohibition notice

9. Tenant’s action Sec 11 Landlord and Tenants Act 1985

10. Checks Annual Gas safety certificate Electrical installation check Fire risk assessment Oil storage

11. HMO’s Planning situation Regulatory Reform(Fire Safety) Order 2005 Licence

12. HMO Management Regulations Fire safety Repair Services Tenants responsibility to allow access

13. Energy performance certificates Based on CO 2 emissions A-G rating April 2012- copy to tenant and lodged on public register 2018 – no house less than E rating

14. UDC Pest control service Free of charge to residents for rats Fully trained wildlife aware operatives Advice and support Bed bug awareness

15. Harassment Court possession order Protection from eviction Act 1977 Enforced by Environmental Health

16. Adaptations for disabled tenants Disabled facilities grants- UDC Environmental Health Handyperson scheme-Home Improvement Agency working with UDC