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Feb 2024
West country Torbay council is telling private landlords to ‘Save the tenancy – don’t serve notice.’
The council is asking tenants and landlords to contact them over issues to prevent and reduce homelessness in the district.
The council’s strategy is for tenants to get in touch with them for advice and support if they are in danger of being served notice as well as assisting landlords to help them with problem tenants and also if they are finding it hard to find tenants.
The authority is making sure that landlords are reminded of the council’s Tenancy Matching Scheme which as the name suggests matches ‘tenancy ready’ clients based on affordability and suitability of properties.
A council spokesperson says: “Over the past few weeks we have seen a bit of a spike in tenants becoming homeless and needing temporary accommodation, and we obviously want to avoid this happening wherever possible.
“Our main message here is that prevention is better than cure – save the tenancy, don’t serve notice. So whether you are a tenant at risk of being served notice or a landlord experiencing issues our housing officers are here to help.
“Our tenancy matching scheme also offers support for landlords including finding suitable tenants for your property, deposit and rent in advance to minimise delays in letting your property, ongoing support for you as long as the tenant lives at the property, and a review of each tenancy at the end of the first six months.”
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