Six Town Housing has been cracking down on tenants who bring misery to their neighbours.

In just nine months, STH’s anti-social behaviour team has dealt with 482 cases.

Since April the team has issued 242 warnings or advice letters to the alleged perpetrators and completed three Acceptable Behaviour Contracts.

Six Town has also secured four emergency injunctions, ten injunctions, three undertakings, one extension to an introductory tenancy, one committal to prison, four possession orders/evictions, four suspended possession orders, and one ASBO.

More court hearings are scheduled in the coming months.

A Six Town Housing spokesman said: “The vast majority of our tenants cause no problems and live in peace with their neighbours, but we are determined to take action against the minority who refuse to do so.

“We strongly urge people to stick to the terms of their tenancy agreement and not cause trouble, otherwise they might become the next to be evicted.”

Detailed below are just a few of our success stories:

A Six Town Housing resident has been warned that she may lose her home after pleading guilty to causing harassment, alarm and distress.

Salford County Court heard that Mandy Robertson, of Bent Lane, Prestwich had caused distress to local residents and staff of Bury Council over an eight-year period.

Robertson admitted to being frequently intoxicated, playing loud music, using foul, abusive and aggressive language, shouting, screaming and allowing dogs to bark. She also admitted pushing a neighbour during an altercation.

His Honour Judge Tetlow, on December 3, 2009, granted a Possession Order against Robertson, suspended for two years, provided that she complies with the strict conditions set out in the order.

Robertson must not drink alcohol at the entrance to her property, play music, use abusive language or bang doors, at a volume audible to any other persons outside the property, at any time of the day or night.

She must not use abusive, threatening or intimidating language or behaviour towards any person not of her household, This includes immediate neighbours, visitors, employees, servants and agents of Six Town Housing, Bury Council and health care professionals.

She must not shout, scream, use abusive, insulting, offensive, threatening or intimidating language or behaviour in the locality of the property.

Specific conditions were imposed to protect a named resident of Bent Lane, and Robertson must not approach, communicate or interfere with the resident, so as to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Nor must she incite or encourage anyone else to do so on her behalf.

By making a Suspended Possession Order, Judge Tetlow has given Robertson a final opportunity to keep her home. However, she must comply fully with the conditions set out in the order. If she breaches the order, Bury Council will request a warrant to evict her from her home.

On November 27, 2009, Six Town Housing and Bury Council applied to Salford County Court for an emergency injunction against a Polefield tenant after she threatened another resident.

At the return hearing on December 9, 2009 the same tenant gave an 18-month undertaking to Salford County Court that this behaviour will not happen again.

The undertaking states that the tenant will not herself or allow, encourage or incite another person to cause a nuisance to another resident. If this undertaking is broken, the resident could be sent to prison and/or have possession proceedings started against her by Six Town Housing.