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‘None of the tenants in Croydon trust anybody in the council’
By STEVEN DOWNES The council took the unusual step last night of inviting one of the people it is supposed to serve, a resident, a council tenant, to speak at its Town Hall cabinet meeting. What Fransoy Hewitt said, her … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Knight, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sarah Hayward, South Norwood
Tagged Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fransoy Hewitt, Hamida Ali, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
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Renters Union calls on its members to join Regina Road demo
The London Renters Union has called on all its members and supporters from across the capital to join a protest outside Croydon Town Hall this evening to show solidarity for the long-ignored council tenants at Regina Road. The flooded, mouldy … Continue reading
£104,000: astronomical pay deal for housing troubleshooter
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE says that the controversy surrounding the squalid conditions in council homes in South Norwood seems likely to be stoked further tonight over disputed claims that the council leader, Hamida Ali, has met with residents in … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Knight, Community associations, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Sarah Hayward, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Alison Knight, Croydon North, Hamida Ali, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, Sarah Hayward, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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Knight appointed to come to the rescue of council tenants
Croydon Council has appointed a doctor to try to heal the deep wounds caused to its reputation over the scandal of damp and mouldy flats in South Norwood. Dr Alison Knight – her doctorate was in education – was revealed … Continue reading
Regina Road residents look at legal action for compensation
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Pressure is mounting on the council’s leadership for a firm response to the highly critical housing report published yesterday. By STEVEN DOWNES There have been renewed calls for the resignation of Hamida Ali as leader of Croydon … Continue reading
Croydon in crisis: Investigation into housing scandal finds systemic failure and incompetence in council
Independent consultants confirm that housing officials treated tenants with ‘a lack of respect’, and even lied to the local MP over repairs to damp and mouldy flats in South Norwood. By STEVEN DOWNES A “relatively routine” building failure, a water … Continue reading
Only 10% of council housing repair jobs ever get checked
The new cabinet member for finance says he is ‘worried’ by dodgy data provided to justify a four-year extension to the multi-million-pound deal with the council’s repairs contractor. By STEVEN DOWNES The contractor at the centre of the national scandal … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Callton Young, Croydon Council, Housing, South Norwood
Tagged Alison Butler, Callton Young, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Regina Road, Shirley, South Norwood, Waddon
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Council housing staff summoned to urgent briefing with CEO
The wait could almost be over: the report into how council flats in South Norwood fell into such squalid and appalling conditions is expected to be released tomorrow. All members of the council’s housing department have been summoned to attend … Continue reading
Official accused of bullying Regina Road tenants over meeting
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Did the council leader lie to a parliamentary committee when she promised to release the investigation findings into the ‘appalling’ state of council flats in South Norwood ‘as soon as we have them’? EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
MP Reed in possible data breach over South Norwood flats
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Starmer’s front-bench spokesman on local government is accused of trying to exploit the Regina Road council flats scandal to boost the election chances of his Westminster assistant. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Housing, Louis Carserides, Patsy Cummings, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jane Nicholl, Labour, Louis Carserides, Regina Road, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman
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Regina Road families left waiting for council leader meeting
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘Do not insult us any longer’ say residents after Hamida Ali breaks her promises to hold an ‘urgent’ meeting and to publish a report from investigation into the ‘appalling’ disrepair of South Norwood flats. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading
Under-fire council recruiting for £88,000 pa head of repairs
Are you seeking a “new challenge”? Fancy a job that pays as much as £88,000 a year? Want to work for somewhere that describes itself as “a place on the up, experiencing the largest growth of any London borough?” A … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, South Norwood
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Council tenants rebel: ‘Your staff make us feel less than human’
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Angry at being ignored and ‘left in limbo’, new residents’ group hints at a class legal action against their landlords as they claim that the council was considering demolishing the South Norwood tower blocks 20 years ago. … Continue reading
Ombudsman starts investigation into damp and mouldy flats
Croydon’s Labour-run council is likely to come under renewed pressure to publish the findings of its “urgent” investigation into the appalling conditions in residential towers in South Norwood, after the Housing Ombudsman announced today a full-scale national investigation of his … Continue reading
Ali accused of cover-up over findings on council flats scandal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: What was supposed to be an ‘urgent’ report into the appalling living conditions endured by council tenants in South Norwood is being withheld ahead of local elections. STEVEN DOWNES reports Hamida Ali, the leader of the council, … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Woodside
Tagged Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Jane Nicholl, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
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‘Council flats crisis has been heartbreaking, and cruel’
The scandal over the appalling conditions in South Norwood flats rolls on, as the council evacuated some of its tenants into poor conditions – in one case, placing a mother with a two-year-old toddler into what appeared to be a … Continue reading
This is what happens when you strip front-line services
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The appalling conditions endured by council tenants in South Norwood, says ROD DAVIES, is symptomatic of a decline in local government, where the front-line services are stripped of resources While the cases of the neglected tenants in damp … Continue reading
Ali was emailed about ‘appalling’ council flats six months ago
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council leader talks about damp and mould in two flats in South Norwood. Community workers have found the same problem widespread throughout three tower blocks, where residents are ‘belittled’ by officials and are left ‘feeling worthless’. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, South Norwood
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Council’s flats scandal caused by ‘complete corporate failure’
The scandal of the unliveable conditions in council flats in South Norwood has been the result of “a complete corporate failure” at Croydon Council, the council leader told a committee of MPs this afternoon. Councillor Hamida Ali was addressing the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, London-wide issues, South Norwood
Tagged Clive Betts MP, Hamida Ali, Regina Road, South Norwood
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Council’s ‘urgent’ inquiry into housing scandal is slow to start
It took Croydon Council five days after they were approached by ITV News with serious questions about the appalling conditions in council flats in South Norwood before they announced an “urgent inquiry”. And in the council’s first response to the … Continue reading
‘Why do you appear not to know the answer to anything?’
Anyone who watches the full horror of the 17-minute unedited interview conducted by ITV News’s Dan Hewitt with Hamida Ali last night will quickly realise why Croydon was so reluctant to put up the council leader to talk about the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, ITV News, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, South Norwood
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Tenants in rushed evacuation from South Norwood block
There were chaotic scenes outside the block of council flats on Regina Road this afternoon as tenants were being hurriedly evacuated from the building by Croydon Council staff. Some of those being moved complained of heavy-handed tactics, as they clutched … Continue reading
‘Appalled’ Jenrick seeks ‘urgent answers’ over Croydon flats
Croydon Council has been roundly criticised for its failures to act over the chronic and dangerous water leaks and long-term damp in its block of flats in South Norwood. The appalling conditions – described as “the worst I have ever … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Hamida Ali, Housing, Jane Avis, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Fransoy Hewitt, Hamida Ali, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Patsy Cummings, Regina Road, Robert Jenrick, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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‘Is it because the council don’t care? Where is their humanity?’
Millions around the country were shocked when they saw a television news report last night which showed the appalling – and dangerous – conditions tenants in a council-owned block in South Norwood have had to endure for months. Here, the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Fransoy Hewitt, ITV News, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, South Norwood
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Croydon shamed over ‘dangerous squalor’ in council flats
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council is effectively bankrupt, after lending £200m to a house-building firm that delivered just three purpose-built council homes in five years. Yet some of the council’s existing housing stock has been shamefully neglected, according to a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, South Norwood
Tagged Fransoy Hewitt, Regina Road, South Norwood
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