Tag Archives: Housing Improvement Board

Ombudsman report shows council getting worse under Perry

Posted on November 8, 2024 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council was forced to pay out TEN TIMES more in compensation to its tenants last year under Tory Mayor Jason Perry than it had done in the previous 12-month period. That’s the astonishing findings of the official, annual report … Continue reading →

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Complacent council managers miss important housing event

Posted on October 28, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The head of an independent panel appointed to check on progress with housing following the Regina Road scandal suggests senior managers in Fisher’s Folly are not doing enough to get the borough out of special measures. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading →

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Housing board’s report warns of ‘years of hard work’ ahead

Posted on December 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

Nearly two years since the Regina Road council homes scandal broke, an independent panel appointed to oversee the Town Hall’s housing efforts has noted the beginnings of improvement Getting Croydon’s housing service to an acceptable standard “will take several years … Continue reading →

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Council asks tenants: what do you want from repairs service?

Posted on August 1, 2022 by insidecroydon

Council tenants and leaseholders, together with members of the housing improvement board, have cautiously welcomed the latest Town Hall engagement exercise, intended to improve the pace and standards of the repairs service provided for the borough’s properties. The housing improvement … Continue reading →

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‘Council must freeze its unnecessary 4.1% rent increase’

Posted on March 17, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Ahead of a protest on Monday night, EMMA GARDINER, pictured right, calls on Town Hall leaders to abandon their proposed council rent hike until all their properties meet the habitable homes standard A long-awaited independent survey recently published … Continue reading →

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Tory government cuts councils’ homelessness fund by £40m

Posted on March 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

A near-30percent cut to a government fund supposed to help councils, such as Croydon, to reduce homelessness, coming at a time of rising cost-of-living, risks “tens of thousands of people falling into arrears and facing eviction as people struggle to … Continue reading →

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