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Council to manage Housing
Stock
Plans for the Council to
directly manage its housing stock have been given the go ahead as
tenants and leaseholders have shown their support.
The move will mean landlord services for tenants and leaseholders,
currently provided by Redbridge Homes, will again be provided by
the Council and will result in annual savings of almost
£400,000. This will help the Council continue to improve its
service to tenants and leaseholders.
Test of opinion
survey
A test of opinion survey was
sent to all tenants and leaseholders between November and December
2011 asking them for their views on the plans. Out of those who
responded, 63 per cent supported the proposal and nine per cent
opposed it. In total, 17 per cent of Council residents responded to
the survey.
It was carried out by Ipsos Mori and an independent advisor was
appointed to help raise the profile of the survey. The
advisor also answered questions and acted as an independent liaison
during the consultation.
'Smooth Transfer'
The management agreement with
Redbridge Homes will end on 31 July 2012. Council Officers
will now work with Redbridge Homes to ensure a smooth transfer of
services to the Council by 1 August 2012.
Councillor Robin Turbefield, Cabinet Member for Housing, said, "I
am pleased that the majority of tenants and leaseholders who
responded were in support of this proposal, it was important for us
to get their views and I would like to reassure them we will make
this transition as smooth as possible. I would like to
reiterate that this is not a reflection on the services Redbridge
Homes has provided over the last five years. However, we
created the Arms Length Management Organisation to help us unlock
Government funding. Now this has been successfully achieved it's
important we find the best way of providing housing services as
efficiently as possible. We believe bringing services back in
house is the best way to do this."
The Council's Cabinet agreed
to carry out a Test of Opinion survey to consult tenants and
leaseholders on the proposal at its meeting in September
2011. The results of the survey were presented to Cabinet on
Tuesday 10 January 2012 and the proposal was agreed
Tenant involvement
A project team of officers
from the Council and Redbridge Homes will now be set up to make the
changes. The Council is committed to making sure there
continues to be significant involvement from tenants and
leaseholders in the management of services once they are
transferred to the Council. We will be formulating proposals for
how this will work in conjunction with residents. This change will
not affect the Council’s Decent Homes funding or the Decent Homes
programme, which is currently in place.
Any Cabinet decision is subject to the requisition procedure.
Last updated
17/01/2012 