We will not stand for bad behaviour

The Trust has welcomed its first Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction (ASBI) against a tenant with the message: ‘we will not stand for bad behaviour.’
The Trust secured the injunction against an 18 year old resident of Lloyd Gardens, Altrincham, after neighbours complained of noise and disturbance at the address.
The tenant had previously agreed an Acceptable Behaviour Contract and was assigned a support worker to help him honour the agreement. But they decided to take the case to Altrincham County Court after complaints continued.

The two-year ASBI, which is similar to an Anti-Social Behaviour Order, prevents the recipient from:
• Playing a radio, television or music at a volume that can be heard in adjoining properties
• Shouting, screaming or swearing at a volume that can be heard in adjoining properties
• Banging on walls or the ceiling of his property
• Slamming doors at his home
• Using abusive or insulting words so it can be heard in adjoining properties
• Keeping a dog at the property
• Having any visitors other than his partner and one family member at his home between 10pm and 9am
• Having any more than three people in his house between 9am and 10pm

If the injunction is broken he could be convicted of Contempt of Court.
Trafford Housing Trust’s Tenancy Services Manager Kathryn Aspray said: “I would like to thank those residents and tenants who helped us gather the information that made this injunction possible.

“This goes to show that, working together, we can reduce anti-social behaviour in our neighbourhoods, and we have made great strides in doing so across the Borough.

“We only ever take people to court as a last resort, but I hope this case sends a strong message to anti-social tenants that their behaviour will not be tolerated.

“I also hope it sends a message to the huge majority of law-abiding tenants that, working together, we can make progress in our continuing campaign to reduce anti-social behaviour.”