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Tenants to sign no-swearing contract
By David Sapsted
(Filed: 05/04/2005)
New tenants on a housing estate are being required to sign a legally-binding contract not to swear in public. The move is aimed at curbing anti-social behaviour that has plagued the Hollingdean estate in Brighton for years.
New council or housing association tenants will have to sign the agreement, which also outlaws loud music, fly tipping and careless driving. Persistent rule-breakers face losing their homes.
Faye Cooper, the estate's safety co-ordinator who has helped negotiate the agreement with housing associations, the city council and police, said:
"There are 10 housing associations and the council providing accommodation on this estate, so we wanted everyone to be following the same rules.
"We want to help people who are causing problems to change their behaviour before we need to enforce the rules but there is now a legal back-up if we need it.
"The estate has its fair share of harassment, noise, fly tipping and groups of young people who aren't necessarily bad but aren't behaving properly.
"All these things can create a bad atmosphere, which is what we want to tackle."
By David Sapsted
(Filed: 05/04/2005)
New tenants on a housing estate are being required to sign a legally-binding contract not to swear in public. The move is aimed at curbing anti-social behaviour that has plagued the Hollingdean estate in Brighton for years.
New council or housing association tenants will have to sign the agreement, which also outlaws loud music, fly tipping and careless driving. Persistent rule-breakers face losing their homes.
Faye Cooper, the estate's safety co-ordinator who has helped negotiate the agreement with housing associations, the city council and police, said:
"There are 10 housing associations and the council providing accommodation on this estate, so we wanted everyone to be following the same rules.
"We want to help people who are causing problems to change their behaviour before we need to enforce the rules but there is now a legal back-up if we need it.
"The estate has its fair share of harassment, noise, fly tipping and groups of young people who aren't necessarily bad but aren't behaving properly.
"All these things can create a bad atmosphere, which is what we want to tackle."
