Paul Oatt recently completed an MSc in Public Health Management at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has worked in Environmental Health for over 17 years, mainly in housing carrying out HHSRS inspections and enforcement. He worked at Newham Council enforcing borough wide licensing on their first five-year scheme. He now works as programme manager for Havering Council, overseeing enforcement of their additional licensing scheme. Over the years he has used many of the available enforcement tools to address serious housing hazards arising through poor management to ensure landlords either achieve compliance and reduce hazards to health or face legal consequences.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Figures List of Tables List of Photographs 1. Introduction 2. The Case Study 3. HHSRS or Licensing? 4. The Policy Analysis 5. A Small Literature Review Index

Paul Oatt recently completed an MSc in Public Health Management at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has worked in Environmental Health for over 17 years, mainly in housing carrying out HHSRS inspections and enforcement. He worked at Newham Council enforcing borough wide licensing on their first five-year scheme. He now works as programme manager for Havering Council, overseeing enforcement of their additional licensing scheme. Over the years he has used many of the available enforcement tools to address serious housing hazards arising through poor management to ensure landlords either achieve compliance and reduce hazards to health or face legal consequences.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Figures List of Tables List of Photographs 1. Introduction 2. The Case Study 3. HHSRS or Licensing? 4. The Policy Analysis 5. A Small Literature Review Index