Housing health and safety rating system

The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) reviews the conditions of private sector dwellings.  The purpose of the HHSRS enables us to identify hazards to health and safety present in dwellings in its area. A rating score is produced for each hazard and used to determine what, if any, action needs to be taken to make a property safe.  

In Portsmouth, any action taken by us in respect of hazards in properties will be based on consideration of:

• the rating score as determined by the HHSRS
• whether we have a duty or a power to act depending on the severity of the hazards identified
• what is the most appropriate course of action to deal with the hazard

You can find out more about the HHSRS in the documents below.

Associated documents:

  Housing Health and Safety Rating System  (0.04 MB)
Enforcement of the HHSRS  (0.03 MB)
Landlord safety checklist  (0.06 MB)
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