This book is an evaluation of the effectiveness of housing enforcement and tenant protection in England’s private rented sector using policy analysis to evaluate regulatory provisions and local authority guidance to identify the advantages and limitations of existing policies.
Paul Oatt BSc (Hons) MSc CEnvH FCIEH is a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner with 20 years’ experience as a local authority Environmental Health Officer up to Management Level. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Health, and an MSc in Public Health, Health Services Management. Paul is experienced in public health interventions relating to housing and pollution through the improvement of standards of both owner-occupied and privately rented housing. He is the author of Selective Licensing: The basis for a collaborative approach to addressing health inequalities (Routledge, 2020). Paul is a Fellow of the CIEH and an Associate member of the Faculty of Public Health at Middlesex University where he currently lectures on the subjects of environmental health, housing, construction and housing enforcement. He also provides training courses on Housing and Environmental related subjects including Damp and Mould, HMO regulation and Housing Enforcement.