Private Sector Housing

This team is based at the Civic Centre and is responsible for dealing with the Council's statutory responsibilities towards private sector housing. This team employs Environmental Health Officers to assist in the enforcement work. The team works closely with Spirita Care & Repair to deliver private sector residential assistance.

Here is a list of functions the team carries out.

• Enforcement action to maintain satisfactory standards in private residential properties (includes caravan sites, canal boats and Gypsy sites) and carrying out new operating protocol for inspections and action under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
• Enforcement action on residential drainage
• Managing the Disabled Facilities Grant - to adapt homes to allow people to stay in them
• Managing the Council's assistance to private owners to undertake urgent repairs - this includes an equity release scheme, loans scheme, handyman service and grants
• Home security measures to vulnerable people
• Dealing with empty properties in the district and bringing them back into use

The Private Sector Housing Team provide a variety of services to improve the quality of private housing within the Borough. We can provide help and assistance whether you are a tenant worried about the condition of the property in which you live or a landlord who would like to carry out repairs but is concerned about the cost. Houses which are occupied by two or more unrelated people are known as Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO's).

Contact Details

For more information please telephone 01543 464694

e-mail:  privatesectorhousing@cannockchasedc.gov.uk

Or write to:
Private Sector Housing
Cannock Chase Council
Civic Centre
Beecroft Road
Cannock, Staffordshire
WS11 1BG