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Tackling anti-social behaviour
KNH takes anti-social behaviour very seriously and we have a proven track record of success against people who don't respect either their council home or their neighbours. Where necessary we can obtain an Injunction with a Power of Arrest against people who threaten, harass or intimidate tenants, residents or our staff. Our quickest time for obtaining such an Injunction is under three hours from first notification. Where people breach the terms of their Injunction we work closely with West Yorkshire Police to have them arrested and brought before Court and, in most cases, they end up being sent to prison. We also deal with people who fail to keep their gardens in a reasonable condition and don't bother to remove their rubbish. We advertise the fact that the council offers a bulky items removal service and will also remove bagged garden waste. But when people have no respect for others and allow waste to build up in their gardens creating an unsightly mess, we will - and do - take positive action to remedy the situation. During the latter part of 2007, two tenants who failed to do anything to clean up their gardens both ended up in Court and they were ordered to pay between £700 and £900 in fines and costs. We work with a number of other agencies to help our tenants and residents live in peaceful communities - the Police, the council, local hospitals, other housing providers, Probation and Youth Offending Team, Kirklees Anti-social Behaviour Unit, Mediation Yorkshire and National Children's Homes, to name, but a few - and we will contrive to work hard to ensure that our estates remain pleasant places in which to live. See also
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