Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Private Sector Housing

 The Division works to improve Private Sector housing conditions throughout the borough and is split into two teams;

Housing Conditions Team

The main function of this team is to:

• Assist Private Sector tenants living in sub standard or dangerous conditions.
• Identify, inspect and improve sub standard Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs, bedsits, flats, bed & breakfasts)
• Deal with statutory nuisance associated with poor housing conditions.
• Secure and return to use empty properties, reducing the risk of deliberate fires and statutory nuisance associated with empty properties.
• Reduce the number of non decent homes within the borough.

Housing Improvement Team

The main function of this team is to:

• Improve housing conditions through the provision of financial assistance.
• Provide adaptations for older and disabled persons to improve their quality of life and help them to remain independent in their own homes.
• Reduce the number of non decent homes in the borough.