A BRADFORD housing landlord is getting tough on tenants who flout the law through anti-social behaviour.

Nearly 30 unruly tenants have been evicted from their homes in a year by Incommunities, which has vowed to protect residents who feel threatened by anti-social behaviour where they live.

Recently, the social housing group repossessed the home of a 41-year-old man in Allerton after he was given a suspended prison sentence for producing cannabis at his flat. He was one of two tenants evicted for using or selling drugs at their flats.

Incommunities has revealed that its Legal and Enforcement Team has dealt with 28 possession orders for anti-social behaviour in the last year.

The team also served 79 anti-social behaviour injunctions and orders, up by six from the previous year; issued 161 tenancy warning letters, an increase of 21; dealt with 280 referrals, compared to 195 the previous year; and mediated on 94 referrals about neighbour disputes, up from 80.

Incommunities also took out two court orders banning tenants from allowing drug users to go to their flats; another court order banning a tenant from supplying and allowing people to use drugs; and took out a further court order against a tenant who repeatedly urinated in the lifts.

Three more court cases are pending. And residents of an address in Stuart Court, Little Horton, will be evicted next week after police found class A drugs.

Police have also made a number of arrests after carrying out drugs warrants at four properties.

An Incommunities spokesman said: "The increase in actions from 2013 to 2014 reflects a long term trend in enforcement activity as we have improved our approach to dealing with serious anti-social behaviour."

Karen Lee, director of neighbourhood services for Incommunities, said: "We know from our customer feedback that dealing with anti-social behaviour is a top priority.

"We continue to take appropriate enforcement actions and adopt a joined up approach with our partners, where needed, to uphold the rights of our customers to live in peace in their home and neighbourhood.

"We are committed to encouraging our customers to report incidents and reassure them that we will act responsibly and in confidence to resolve issues that affect them and their neighbourhoods."

The landlord, which has a 24-hour confidential reporting line for tenants, has promised to contact a tenant who has made a complaint by the next working day.

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