A drug dealing tenant has been evicted from a council home after making their neighbours’ lives a misery.
The eviction was carried out yesterday (Thursday) by City of York Council enforcement officers supported by the police.
It followed reports to both council and police about substance misuse and dealing along with anti-social behaviour at the property.
The tenant has not been named for safeguarding reasons, but the eviction took place in the west of the city.
Neighbours were subjected to loud noise and arguments at the house, which impacted on their families.
The council served the tenant a number of eviction warnings. They unsuccessfully appealed against the warnings.
After applying to York County Court, a judge granted the council an eviction warrant, which was executed yesterday.
Cllr Michael Pavlovic, the council’s executive member for housing and safer communities said: “Working with the police and neighbours, as this case shows, we take action against tenancy breaches to stop anti-social behaviour.
“We also fully support work to tackle illegal activity such as county lines and the misery it heaps on communities.
“This home will now be prepared to be sensitively re-let to another tenant as quickly as possible.”
Sergeant Charlotte Gregory from the York Community Safety Hub said: “This positive outcome, which falls under Operation Titan, North Yorkshire Police’s dedicated effort to combat county lines drug dealing, shows we will use all available powers to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
“The multi-agency approach involves more than criminal convictions, as this successful eviction clearly demonstrates.
“The detrimental impact this behaviour has on residents, and the community as a whole, will not be tolerated.”
There’s information on how to report anti-social behaviour on the York council website.