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By Sam Rickett
22nd April 2020
My name is Sam Rickett, and I’m part of the engineering team here at Metastreet. This year, we’re going to share content coming from across the wider Metastreet team, so you can see how some of the other functions come together to support our business.
Read this article >Predicting the location of housing crimes - the power of machine learning and property licensing
By Russell Moffatt
1st April 2020
What if we could predict the time and location of environmental health crimes? This would be a regulator’s dream not unlike the 2002 fantasy Spielberg film Minority Report, in which a specialised police department apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by psychics. Is that fantasy starting to become a reality?
Read this article >Councils need more government support to tackle rogue landlords
By Russell Moffatt
5th November 2018
The Guardian and ITV News recently uncovered how criminal landlords are exploiting legal loopholes to continue operating, even though they have been convicted and found not fit and proper.
Read this article >Tenure Intelligence (Ti) - Combining artificial intelligence and housing data
By Russell Moffatt
4th October 2018
Multinational technology companies are not the only ones using big data and computing power to make predictions about the unknown. Councils have seen the benefits of machine learning and are now starting to adopt this approach to make public services more effective and productive.
Read this article >The building blocks of effective private housing multi-agency enforcement
By Russell Moffatt
19th June 2018
A minority of landlords across the UK continue to commit housing crimes and expose tenants to life threatening hazards and poor housing conditions.
Read this article >What are the success factors for property licensing schemes?
By Russell Moffatt
17th May 2018
Lots has been said and written about property licensing as a policy intervention, however there has been little discussion on why some schemes are perceived as a success and why others have struggled.
Read this article >Where have all the Housing EHOs gone?
By Russell Moffatt
30th April 2018
There’s simply nowhere near enough qualified housing enforcers employed by councils to deal with growing levels of poor housing conditions in the private rented sector (PRS).
Read this article >Does property licensing improve property standards?
By Russell Moffatt
5th April 2018
I’m often asked, does property licensing improve property standards? For most Environmental Health Practitioners regulating PRS standards the answer is simple, yes absolutely!
Read this article >Property licensing is a vital housing tool, but it must be made easier for all
By Russell Moffatt
12th February 2018
Property licensing is the best tool available to housing authorities to tackle criminal landlords and drive up PRS standards, however it must be made easier for all.
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