page_title: Halting site
section_title: Effects of Anti-Social Behaviour
hierarchical_section_title: Halting site / Public Perception of Halting Sites / Effects of Anti-Social Behaviour
caption_attribution_description: English: Brookdale Caravan Park. Entrance to Brookdale Caravan Park, Walkden. Home for Showpeople and other Travellers.
context_page_description: A halting site is purpose-built residential accommodation for Travellers provided by a local municipal authority. The halting site has an individual bay for each family unit with a full range of services provided in a small structure on each bay.
context_section_description: Not only does anti-social behaviour impacts negatively on local residents but there is a heavy financial burden. The cost involved causes money to be re-directed from other County Council services.
  There are penalties for use by the landlord (i.e. the County Council) to respond to anti-social behaviour. If a tenant is evicted from their accommodation due to anti-social behaviour they will be deemed to have rendered themselves homeless. Consequently, they may not be provided with another home by the County Council. Allocation is withheld for a probationary period of 3 years. A reduction in waiting time is allowed if the County Council is made satisfied that the evicted tenant is capable of living (and agreeable to live) in the community, without causing further anti-social behaviour.
  Some Travellers surveyed have agreed with penalties, arguing for intervention by official bodies to tackle anti-social behaviour issues. It was pointed out that the local authority and the Garda Síochána need to intervene and take action at an early stage to deal with issues of violence. Half of the local authorities consulted identified internal tensions and lack of compatibility between Traveller families as the primary reasons for Travellers leaving Traveller-specific accommodation. There have been reported cases of violence erupting involving unauthorised people in a halting site, and deteriorating family relations.
caption: The county council as the landlord of halting sites is obliged to follow up on complaints
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