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The Benefits of Being Accredited

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There are many reasons why it will benefit you to become an Accredited Landlord with High Peak Borough Council and Derbyshire Dales District Council

As well as having the status of being known as an Accredited landlord in the area, who therefore has a high standard of properties at reasonable rents and an efficient managerial approach, you will also be eligible for:

Free advertising on Home Options – the website for Housing with the two councils
Advertising in the Local Paper as an Accredited Landlord.
Use of Accreditation Logo on all stationary / advertising etc
Quick turnabout of Housing Allowance and free credit checks on prospective tenants with possibility of payment direct to Landlord.
Access to Bond Scheme
Access to Tenancy Support – for tenants who are experiencing problems – budgeting; benefits;
Mediation services – between Landlords and tenants to help with rent arrears and evictions etc.
Use of HPBC’s and DDDC’s out of hours emergency services (plumbers / electricians) and other approved contractors
Discounts from DIY retailers in the area – Homebase (Ashbourne) / Wickes’ (Glossop) / Focus (Buxton). More information on these to come
Access to Landlord advice/support / information – dedicated phone-line / newsletters / forums and information evenings etc
Free advice / information /checks from Police and Fire Services on Home Security / Safety and the law affecting tenancies and letting
Opportunities to work imaginatively with the two councils’ Housing Departments around nominations from prospective tenant lists.

Landlord Accreditation Grant

Within the Derbyshire Dales and High Peak area grants are available to assist landlords in improving their properties so that they meet the Premier Accreditation Standard and to ensure that radon levels are below the Government Action Level of 200Bq/m3.

The maximum grant is £2000 per property ( up to three properties in a year) and qualifying works are:

· Radon testing and remediation

· Fire detection

· Central heating and associated works

· Security works

· Low energy light bulbs / energy saving

In order to qualify for a grant a landlord would have to be a member of the Peak Sub-Region Landlord Accreditation Scheme and must be working towards the Premier Accreditation Standard. In addition the applicant must agree to work with Derbyshire Dales District Council by being prepared to accept tenant nominations from the Council’s housing register.

Grants are offered subject to conditions that are aimed at ensuring that the property is available for letting through the Peak Sub-Region Landlord Accreditation Scheme for at least 5 years after the completion of the grant works.

Further details on the Landlord Accreditation Grant are available :

in the Housing Renewal Policy published by Derbyshire Dales District Council (www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk).

from the Landlord Accreditation Officer Jackie Hughes 01298 73798 / 07795 351875

Environmental Health Sections of either council :

HPBC Mike Towers 07990788416

DDDC Matt Hulley 01629 761350

For High Peak by downloading the forms below:

Accreditation Grant Application Form 72Kb

Certificate of Intended Letting 162Kb

You may also be able to access a Decent Homes Grant from HPBC if your property is empty or your tenant is in receipt of a qualifying benefit. To find out more contact Environmental Health at HPBC and DDDC

Your tenant may also be entitled to claim a Warm front Grant if they are in receipt of a qualifying benefit.

For more information call Freephone 0800 3162805 or go to:

www.warmfront.co.uk.

You can also ask at your local Council Offices for details.

Free / subsidised Insulation Your tenant may qualify for a grant towards insulation under the Free Insulation scheme.

See :

www.freeinsulation.co.uk

www.insulationgrants.co.uk

call 0845 508 6534

For more information on any of these please contact Jackie Hughes on 01298 73798 / 07795 351875

For download forms see the end of the HPBC & DDDC Accreditation Scheme page.