A council is working with a string of universities to keep waste and noise to a minimum over the summer.
A statement from Leeds council says most of the city’s 50,000 students will be changing accommodation in July.
Thousands of flyers have been delivered detailing ways students can sell, donate and dispose of unwanted items.
In addition to minimising noise, the council says students and landlords can help by disposing of waste properly and recycling or donating items to charities where possible, ensuring nothing is left out on the street or at the side of bins.
To keep food waste to a minimum, a local drop off point at a cinema with donations being distributed to Leeds food banks.
Alongside additional refuse collections and street cleaning resources throughout the period, specialist environmental officers will also be targeting fly tipping of house contents onto residential streets and bin ‘tatting’ (where people scavenge from bins or bags, often leaving a mess behind).
Landlords and agents have also been reminded of their responsibility to properly dispose of waste from their properties and to only use licensed third-party waste carriers. There will be two waste carrier vehicles to help in the clean-up in the busiest student areas and the council is supporting accredited landlords with free disposal of household waste.
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With the end of Section 21 how is a landlord going to enforce tenants to become good neighbours?!
Councils lecturing on being civilised! Is like taking tips from Donald Trump on how to not go into DEBT!. I wouldn't trust these class clowns to wipe their own backsides! Stick to going bankrupt!!!!!
Ben have you been to Leeds another niche market for you 50k Students on fixed term Contracts no wonder you are not bothered about S 21.
So if they make noise what exactly can the landlord do about it, he is now powerless and cannot even say get out they’ll laugh in his face.
When I had Tenants partying/ subletting/ over crowding neighbours complaining, Council noise recording at 2.00 o’clock am sent me warning letters which were always responded to but when I took legal action the Council didn’t want me to get rid of them.
They didn’t want them…
So if licensing schemes for HMOs are working so well they have been reintroduced , why is there even a need to issue this type of warning? All of these issues are covered by licensing?
Does this mean that licensing isn't actually working?
The government have already stripped landlords of any powers they had to enforce this. Now tenants will do whatever they want and then sue the landlord. We are fighting a loosing battle.
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