Tenancy strategy

The public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010 requires public bodies, in exercising their functions, to have due regard to the need to: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Tenancy Strategy January 2024 - 29

•  Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act;
•  Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not; and
• Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. The protected characteristics are, age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

An Equality Impact Assessment has been carried out on this strategy to ensure that the needs of all groups are taken into account, and that particular groups of people are not adversely affected by it.

The Council expects RPs to carry out Equality Impact Assessments on their own tenancy policies.