Dan Peters 25 August 2023

Early intervention drive amid social housing repossessions

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Councils with some of the highest relative rates of social landlord repossessions have described their early intervention efforts after new data was published.

Terry Howarth, executive member for homes and housing at Chorley BC, where social landlord repossessions were highest in the country between April and June, admitted the council had struggled to engage with some of its housing associations.

Cllr Howarth said: ‘We have measures in place with some of the social landlords in Chorley so that they can provide information to us when a tenant has been served with an eviction notice.

'This allows us to provide an early intervention approach and necessary support for applications to court when challenging an eviction and support those residents who are facing this.

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