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Estate residents chairwoman told to quit by council officer
The chairwoman of a Lambeth council estate’s residents association has been told to quit – by a council officer. The letter concerns a poster put up on the estate about a meeting planne…newsfromcrystalpalace.wordpress.com
I heard someone who involved in fighting the 'regeneration' saying how they thought that the council negecting to carry out even basic repairs/maintenance, was a tactic to wear down tenants to encourage them to just give up and leave. Lambeth acting like a Rachman Landlord not a co-operative councilCoop Council in action
Estate residents chairwoman told to quit by council officer
The chairwoman of a Lambeth council estate’s residents association has been told to quit – by a council officer. The letter concerns a poster put up on the estate about a meeting planne…
Glad the disgusting little dribble of maggot jizz has fucked off to Tricky Skills ' neck of the woods!
Bennett not a cllr any more. He stood down in May to concentrate on becoming an MP.
If the repairs had actually been done, Lambeth Council could have easily found the information by generating a report from Northgate, their property management software.I couldn't get behind the pay wall of the Inside Housing article.
This come up in google:
Two severe maladministration for Lambeth | Housing Ombudsman
Two severe maladministration findings for London Borough Lambeth’s failings on damp and mould case. Find out more.www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk
Severe case of damp and Housing Ombudsman found that Lambeth hadn't dealt with it. Despite intervention by Ombudsman previously.
On trying to get confirmation that remedial works had been done they got dossier of email. Like loads they were expected to plough through. Instead of clear and straightforward record of repairs. They became involved again as Lambeth hadn't given confirmation to the tenant for works being done. Which clearly they hadnt. Or not properly.
It beggar belief that the Ombudsman has too get involved twice on same case. I pity the Council tenant. They obviously tried to get answers out of Lambeth and came up against this Council obfuscation.
The Ombudsman now says this is "systemic" problem.
Lambeth reply they have now reorganised and will deal better with record keeping of repairs and planned maintenance.
On planned maintenance of their buildings Lambeth imo don't have the will or expertise to do it. Maintenance is reactive. Planned maintenance would save money in long term.
Slightly off subject I've been reading surveyor's reports for the Brixton Rec. Specifically the heating in changing rooms. The ventilation and heating systems passed their usable life years ago. Yet haven't been replaced. Leaks leading to water damage are down to not clearing gutters to roof etc. Lambeth would save money and keep buildings in use for longer if they spent on planned maintenance. Often I've heard officers say of a building that its past its life. It needn't if maintained through planned maintenance. There are industry formulas to do this.
The woman that was sent to, gave them a suitably robust reply in the negative!Coop Council in action
Estate residents chairwoman told to quit by council officer
The chairwoman of a Lambeth council estate’s residents association has been told to quit – by a council officer. The letter concerns a poster put up on the estate about a meeting planne…
We "disaffiliated" as far as we could. We don't take any direct grant from Lambeth Council (they hand out a "per household" annual fee which is £2 per household. Big fucking deal!) so that they don't get access to our bank details (which we have to supply if we take the money). In case you're wondering "why not just give them the details, & take the money?", I can think of 3 TRAs with 5 figures in their accounts, that were wound up by Lambeth on the flimsiest of premises, just in the last couple of years.
We had nearly 12 yrs of Ed Davie as Scrutiny chair - a man who never returned a single decision to cabinet, but swears he wasn't partisan. If you've ever met & spoken with Davie, you'll know he's as partisan as a vain, self-righteous prig can get.
Lambeth's stock condition surveys - where they have them - are mostly at least 10 yrs old, often older. We tried to access ones for Cressingham, only to be told they had none. We FoI'd but it genuinely looks like no internal surveys have been done for here since the 90s!Lambeth employ Savills to check the condition of their own housing stock, FFS
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Background Protest against ‘Savills Destroying social housing’ – Sat 15th Jan 2022
Ann was saying this for a couple of years before she passed, so from approx 2014.I heard someone who involved in fighting the 'regeneration' saying how they thought that the council negecting to carry out even basic repairs/maintenance, was a tactic to wear down tenants to encourage them to just give up and leave. Lambeth acting like a Rachman Landlord not a co-operative council
The bit the RPO quoted is completely inappropriate in this context and I'm glad the woman gave him short shrift!
They always try it on. There's very much a culture of bullying from Lambeth's RPOs. It never worked with me, because I'm not afraid of bureaucrats, & I actually read the shit they want us to sign properly. I've had RPOs trying to stop events at our community hall because they're political. I refer them to their own "model constitution" which only forbids PARTY political events.The bit the RPO quoted is completely inappropriate in this context and I'm glad the woman gave him short shrift!
(Don't live etc. in Lambeth but worked in resident involvement for years).
After working in resident involvement for a decade or so, I eventually became convinced that most of it is tokenism and a tick-box exercise.
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