Steering Group
Alan Broadbent
Tel: 01204 336 514
Email: alan.broadbent@bolton.gov.uk
I currently manage the Housing & Public Health Unit’s activities in Bolton. Within the unit we run the Council's licensing schemes and monitor housing conditions, respond to complaints and work in partnership with landlords to improve the conditions of residential premises and improve management practises. I am also involved with developing policy & strategy relating to housing issues such as HMOs, selective/additional licensing, empty properties, equity release and housing allocations.
Previously I was employed by Wrexham CBC, where I worked in housing for four years. I am also undertaking a Masters in Public Health at Liverpool University. My focus is very much driven at the overall effects of housing in the wider sense. Housing intervention provides the ideal opportunity to raise standards and contribute to narrowing the health divide. HMO premises are implicit in this as they are occupied by some of the most vulnerable in society.
I am currently working to develop a new grants programme within Bolton which seeks to draw more attention to excess cold within HMOs and falls as these are likely to be key drivers for improving health for HMO tenants within Bolton.
I organised the Network’s 2007 spring conference and AGM in Bolton when I was elected to the Steering Group.