Assuming that the local authorities/housing associations concerned have
taken over management of the properties formerly managed by your predecessor
bodies, I can think of at least two situations where it would be in order to
release tenancy details.
1. If the tenant has occupied the property through the various changes
of landlord, details of the tenancy history should have been passed to each
successive landlord on take-over, otherwise decisions on the tenancy would
be based on inadequate or incomplete information. If the information has
not already been made available, there should be no problem providing it
now. (This is based on advice from the then ODPR when my authority was
transferring ownership of some of its properties to a housing association
three years ago).
2. If the tenant occupied a property managed by one of your predecessor
bodies, but now lives in another property, information about the earlier
tenancy may be required to confirm the tenant's right to buy his current
property. In this case, the tenant should have consented to his current
landlord enquiring about past tenancies and you should ask to see written
evidence of this consent before releasing any information.
I have made some assumptions here - hope it helps
Stuart Lynch
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Minion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12/09/2001 11:19
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: right to buy enquiries and third party info.
As part of our enquiry process we receive requests from local authorities
and housing associations requesting tenancy details for persons who were
tenants under our predecessor bodies - Commission for the New Towns or
Development Corporations. How do we stand under the DPA releasing
information to the third parties - local authorities/HAs - without written
consent from the tenants in question?
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