TENANTS and leaseholders living in social housing and community enhancement bosses at Bournemouth council are being asked for their views on government plans to stamp out anti-social behaviour in council and housing authority properties.

Ministers have produced a consultation paper on the best ways of dealing swiftly and effectively with nuisance behaviour by tenants and their associates.

The paper focuses on three themes - enforcement, prevention and rehabilitation.

Community enhancement members at the town hall read a report about the paper which said: "The government recognises the misery and disruption caused by anti-social behaviour - that the lives of many are blighted by the behaviour of an unreasonable minority.

"It highlights the need for social landlords to engage in prevention and rehabilitation as part of a comprehensive and coherent strategy for tackling anti-social behaviour.

"It points to the fact that simply moving perpetrators may resolve the difficulties in one neighbourhood but create serious problems for another."

Cllr Bruce Heath said at the meeting: "What worries me is that this report just refers to council and housing association tenants. But surely these problems also apply to private tenants as well?

Panel vice chairman Cllr Emily Morrell-Cross agreed: "It's a nonsense. Even the children of lords and ladies get into all sorts of mischief and behave in a bad way."

Members, tenants and other interested parties have until May 15 to submit their views to the town hall.

The deadline for the government receiving the views is July 12.