Housing enforcement action data

Updated: 01 April 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.

Sum of fines per year

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 £108,975.89

*This data is up to date as of the date that this webpage was last updated.

Housing enforcement action per year

Housing enforcement action

2022

2023 2024 2025*

Number of complaints received about private rented properties

1708

1872 876 177

Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in private rented properties

249

538 606 155

Number of complaints received specifically to the tenancy relations officer

206

626 571 184
Number of complaints received specifically to the empty dwellings officer - 210 101 29

Number of complaints received specifically about unlicensed HMOs

501

543 635 116

Number of landlords prosecuted for Housing Law related offences

1

1 17 12

The number of civil penalty notices issued against a landlord or agent

14

27 21 7

Number of inspections undertaken

2623

2259 2597 319

Number of category one hazards identified

127

168 295 27

Number of improvement notices served

36

87 224 50

Number of prohibition orders served (including emergency)

6

6 2 1

Number of emergency remedial action notices served

0

1 1 0

Number of Hazard awareness notices served

19

57 111 30

Number of landlords/agents achieving CLAS accreditation

110

142 99 54

Number of landlords/agents having CLAS accreditation revoked

9

3 12 5

Housing Enforcement

Open 9am–5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays)

Address: Coventry City Council
PO Box 7097
Coventry
CV6 9SL

Telephone: 024 7697 5495