Housing enforcement action data
Updated: 05 June 2025
Below you can view our data for Housing Enforcement Action. We aim to update this data on or shortly after the first working day of each month.
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Annual (Financial year) Sum of fines |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 | 2024 | 2025* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total sum of fines |
£77,476.00 |
£102,606.58 |
£48,493.00 |
£319,004.00 |
£533,595.80 | £163,881.00 | £202,978.89 |
*This data is up to date as of the date that this webpage was last updated.
|
Housing enforcement action |
2024 |
2025* |
|---|---|---|
|
Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in social housing properties |
156 |
72 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in private rented properties |
587 |
178 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in HMO’s |
157 |
83 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically to the tenancy relations officer |
571 |
280 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about unlicensed HMO’s |
635 |
164 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically to the empty dwellings officer |
101 |
48 |
|
Number of landlords prosecuted by Coventry City Council |
17 |
23 |
|
Number of financial penalty notices issued against a landlord or agent |
21 |
18 |
|
Number of inspections undertaken |
4144 |
1242 |
|
Number of proactive HMO inspections |
45 |
7 |
|
Number of reactive HMO inspections |
113 |
39 |
|
Number of initial HMO inspections |
1789 |
102 |
|
Number of HMO Licence conditions compliance inspections |
643 |
239 |
|
Number of unlicenced HMO inspections |
442 |
279 |
|
Number of inspections conducted by safer housing |
746 |
326 |
|
Number of inspections related to medium and high rise buildings |
84 |
42 |
|
Number of inspections related to empty dwellings |
282 |
114 |
|
Number of category one hazards identified |
295 |
41 |
|
Number of improvement notices served |
224 |
75 |
|
Number prohibition orders served |
2 |
1 |
|
Number of emergency remedial action notices served |
1 |
0 |
|
Number of hazard awareness notices served |
111 |
39 |
|
Number of landlords/agents achieving CLAS accreditation |
99 |
106 |
|
Number of landlords/agents having CLAS accreditation revoked |
12 |
6 |
*data for this table is taken from IDOX after we switched to a new system.
|
Housing enforcement action |
2022 |
2023 |
|---|---|---|
|
Number of complaints received about private rented properties |
1708 |
1872 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in private rented properties |
249 |
538 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically to the tenancy relations officer |
206 |
626 |
| Number of complaints received specifically to the empty dwellings officer | - | 210 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about unlicensed HMOs |
501 |
543 |
|
Number of inspections undertaken |
2623 |
2259 |
|
Number of category one hazards identified |
127 |
168 |
|
Number of improvement notices served |
36 |
87 |
|
Number of prohibition orders served (including emergency) |
6 |
6 |
|
Number of emergency remedial action notices served |
0 |
1 |
|
Number of Hazard awareness notices served |
19 |
57 |
|
Number of landlords/agents achieving CLAS accreditation |
110 |
142 |
|
Number of landlords/agents having CLAS accreditation revoked |
9 |
3 |
*data for this table is taken from our old system
Housing Enforcement
Open 9am–5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays)
Address: Coventry City CouncilPO Box 7097
Coventry
CV6 9SL