Housing enforcement action data
Updated: 17 December 2025
Below you can view our data for Housing Enforcement Action. We aim to update this data on or shortly after the first working day of each month. Please note that this data may be subject to change due to the nature of our work.
| Annual (calendar year) sum of fines | Total sum of fines |
|---|---|
| 2019 | £77,476.00 |
| 2020 | £102,606.58 |
| 2021 | £48,493.00 |
| 2022 | £319,004.00 |
| 2023 | £537,284.20 |
| 2024 | £406,110.00 |
| 2025* | £615,319.70 |
*This data is up to date as of the date that this webpage was last updated.
|
Housing enforcement action |
2024 |
2025* |
|---|---|---|
|
Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in social housing properties |
156 |
149 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in private rented properties |
587 |
350 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in HMO’s |
157 |
207 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically to the tenancy relations officer |
571 |
610 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about unlicensed HMO’s |
635 |
445 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically to the empty dwellings officer |
101 |
102 |
|
Number of landlords prosecuted by Coventry City Council |
0 |
2 |
|
Number of financial penalty notices issued against a landlord or agent |
33 |
87 |
|
Number of inspections undertaken |
4144 |
2869 |
|
Number of proactive HMO inspections |
45 |
17 |
|
Number of reactive HMO inspections |
113 |
119 |
|
Number of initial HMO inspections |
1789 |
453 |
|
Number of HMO Licence conditions compliance inspections |
643 |
670 |
|
Number of unlicensed HMO inspections |
442 |
690 |
|
Number of inspections conducted by safer housing |
746 |
564 |
|
Number of inspections related to medium and high rise buildings |
84 |
96 |
|
Number of inspections related to empty dwellings |
282 |
260 |
|
Number of category one hazards identified |
295 |
168 |
|
Number of improvement notices served |
224 |
134 |
|
Number prohibition orders served |
2 |
6 |
|
Number of emergency remedial action notices served |
1 |
1 |
|
Number of hazard awareness notices served |
111 |
59 |
|
Number of landlords/agents achieving CLAS accreditation |
99 |
237 |
|
Number of landlords/agents having CLAS accreditation revoked |
12 |
16 |
*data for this table is taken from IDOX after we switched to a new system.
|
Housing enforcement action |
2022 |
2023 |
|---|---|---|
|
Number of complaints received about private rented properties |
1708 |
1872 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about poor conditions in private rented properties |
249 |
538 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically to the tenancy relations officer |
206 |
626 |
| Number of complaints received specifically to the empty dwellings officer | - | 210 |
|
Number of complaints received specifically about unlicensed HMOs |
501 |
543 |
|
Number of inspections undertaken |
2623 |
2259 |
|
Number of category one hazards identified |
127 |
168 |
|
Number of improvement notices served |
36 |
87 |
|
Number of prohibition orders served (including emergency) |
6 |
6 |
|
Number of emergency remedial action notices served |
0 |
1 |
|
Number of Hazard awareness notices served |
19 |
57 |
|
Number of landlords/agents achieving CLAS accreditation |
110 |
142 |
|
Number of landlords/agents having CLAS accreditation revoked |
9 |
3 |
*data for this table is taken from our old system
Housing Enforcement
Open 9am–5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays)
Address: Coventry City CouncilPO Box 7097
Coventry
CV6 9SL