Mansfield District Council says it received numerous complaints about the properties.
Labour MP Steve Yemm says Houses of Multiple Occupation are creating "real problems" in Mansfield.
Shops on the ground level remain closed after the building's top deck suffered "structural damage".
Despite claims of offering inspections, the callers tell tenants to start legal action over repairs.
The new bin lorries are smaller, need fewer workers and can operate in tight residential streets.
Hundreds of people were waiting to be issued with a fob for an accessible toilet at a shopping centre.
It scorched the grass and was "simply not appropriate or acceptable", said a council.
The trio will make up the new Reform UK group on Mansfield District Council.
The Grade II-listed building in Mansfield could be used for development in the future.
