University Ofportsmouth EIA Final Reportform
University ofPortsmouthEIA Final ReportForm
Item:landlord registration packs
Department: / Student housing / Faculty: / Central Services
Purpose:
to provide information and registration criteria for landlords who wish to advertise their private sector properties through student housing
Does, or could, the policy adversely affect any of the following equality target groups?
Age / No / Disability / No / Gender / No
Race / No / Religion / Belief / No / SexualOrientation / No
Does, or could, the policy actively promote equality to any of the following equality target groups?
Age / No / Disability / No / Gender / No
Race / No / Religion/Belief / No / SexualOrientation / No
Does the item contribute anything to any of the following?
Promoting good relations between different racial groups? / No
Eliminating harassment of people? / No
Promoting positive attitudes towards disabled people? / No
Encouraging the participation of disabled people in public life? / No
Providing for the needs of disabled people? / No
The Impact Assessment Panel's feedback
The panel sported a discrepancy between the covering letter and the advertisements. While in the covering letter it says the landlord can specify the sex of tenants, it says in the advertisement that they can't. Which is correct?
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The reasoning behind this decision:
The landlord registration pack provides information for current and potential landlords at what is required to advertise to student housing. These criteria are based on standards of the property and on the expected conduct of the landlord and it is felt that they do not have a differential impact on any of the equality groups and therefore have a low priority for full assessment.
The preliminary EIA panel’s advice as to whether the item should face full Equality Impact Assessment / Yes
If this decision differs from the policy owners, the following are the reasons why:
it was felt these need to be carefully written as we are dealing with external parties, and their actions could have serious repercussions for the University.
The assessor’s final decision as to whether the item should face full Equality Impact Assessment: / No
If this differs from either the original assessment or the panel’s advice the following is the reasonwhy:
we feel that we take great care when writing the registration packs so that there are no repercussions on the University. The criteria are written in line with Portsmouth city council to meet housing legislation standards and housing law, we do not just make up these criteria.
These criteria above and beyond the housing standards requirements of the local authority and these are reviewed every year in conjunction with the housing standards team at PCC to check if there had been any changes.
This item was not sent for full EIA. The following people were involved in that assessment:
Carys Oliver, Rachel Geary, Sandra Griffiths
Leading this investigation was: / Sandra Griffiths
Please note that this item was also seen by an EIA Assessment Panel and their feedback (if there was any) is shown at a on the first page of this document. The Equality and Diversity Unit co-ordinates Assessment Panels made up of staff and students from equality target groups. This ensures that every preliminary and full impact assessment has involved disabled, LGBT, BME staff and students, and individuals with a range of religious faiths, ages and genders. The staff panel members are also a mix of academic and support staff. For more information on Assessment panels pleased see the document: information on EIA Assessment panels.
Date of preliminary EIA completed: / 6/9/2009
Date seen by EIA panel: / 11/2/2009
Date of final decision: / 11/17/2009
Date of publication / 12/4/2009
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