National Tenant Voice seeks board
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The recruitment process has begun to find six of the 15 board members for the National Tenant Voice.
The other nine will come from the newly-formed National Tenant Council – a central part of the NTV. Recruitment company Hays will also be looking for a chief executive and a small number of support staff.
The NTV will be a non-departmental public body, designed to give tenants a say in government on issues that affect their lives. The 50-strong NTC is made up of tenants from across England, and will advise the NTV board.
David Cairncross, operations director at Hays Social Housing said: ‘We are very pleased to be recruiting for the second phase of this project. Having spent the past six months working so closely with Communities and Local Government department to recruit 30 of the 50 social housing tenants to sit on the NTC, we believe we are well placed to find the right people for the board, and the initial staff team.
‘Successfully completing this next phase of the recruitment will be instrumental in giving the existing NTV group the support it needs going forward.’
The board should be in place by the end of March.
The council met for the first time last week, and will now get together every three months.
For more on the first meeting of the NTC, see this week’s issue of Inside Housing, out on Friday
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The ONLY One | 03/02/2010 10:07 am
Go Kass, Go. These positions are PERFECT for you!!
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WATT WATT | 03/02/2010 11:22 am
The ONLY One | Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:07 GMT
Go Kass, Go. These positions are PERFECT for you!!
Do you bear bait as well? How about you go for it?
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Norman Adams | 03/02/2010 1:51 pm
David Cairncross, operations director at Hays Social Housing said: ‘We are very pleased to be recruiting for the second phase of this project. Having spent the past six months working so closely with Communities and Local Government department to recruit 30 of the 50 social housing tenants to sit on the NTC, we believe we are well placed to find the right people for the board, and the initial staff team.
Tenants should NOTE: working closely with CLG to recruit, meaning that the tenants are the choice of who, certainly note the tenants’ at large.
We need to start getting real and stop being conned by the clap trap that the people picked by others are tenant representatives.
Tenants need to demand Election by there peers – Not selection by others
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The ONLY One | 03/02/2010 2:26 pm
WATT WATT | Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:22 GMT
I would do, but I'm a highly paid housing professional who has to hide behind the moniker of a pseudonym else I may get sacked then jailed before being hung, drawn, and quartered, and having my HUGE bonus taken away from me as suggested by Ka....... you know who!!
And the difference with Bear Baiting is the bear is usually defenceless. Although I would suggest it's knowledge of the housing sector may be at a par!!
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kass | 03/02/2010 2:36 pm
Norman Adams | Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:51 GMT
I fully agree with you. It is all patronising and treating tenants like stupid idiot who cannot choose for themselves who sould represent them. Whether these tenants representatives are good people or bad people has got nothing to do with it. They have been SELECTED to represent tenants by third parties and not ELECTED by their fellow tenants...
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teddy mcnabb | 03/02/2010 2:40 pm
Monkeys required to perform the tricks of their masters to the detrimernt of the tenants, perks a mobile phone, the odd seminar [ to show you how to fool yourself even more etc] and no control over what you are doing! peanuts aplenty for all monkeys with the odd banana thrown in as a bonus!.
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teddy mcnabb | 03/02/2010 2:54 pm
MR. Adams is correct and shows his democratic credentials, by rightfully opposing selection by those who arent voted in and cant be voted out, namely the pen-pushing bureaucrats, democracy not bureaucracy!!!!
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Dave Hollins | 03/02/2010 4:32 pm
Norman is really saying let's all sit around doing nothing until something absolutely perfect comes along. That's why nothing ever gets done. The NTV is a big step forward and 1300 people applied to be on the NTV Council - showing that tenants really want this initiative to succeed despite the moaning minnies. Who on earth could organise and pay for elections amongst 8 million people living in social housing. That's just barmy. Tenants have stood on the sidelines for years and let the landlords have all the say, now there's a chance for tenants to be heard. let's make the most of it.
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WATT WATT | 03/02/2010 5:40 pm
The ONLY One | Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:26 GMT
Yeh and apparently as well as their knowledge about housing, bears have other similarities to humans - bile but not usually self extracted and put on a housing forum and s**t but they usually save that for the woods not evacuated as wit on a housing forum.
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teddy mcnabb | 03/02/2010 6:07 pm
Dave Hollins, as regards your comments regarding Mr. norman adams and sitting around doing nothing, i repectfully suggest you enter norman adams into your google search engine , there you will be deluged by one who is well informed, pro-active for decades, and regarded highly by more of the informed public, than those who are duped, and fooled into thinking they will be able to contribute but in reality that will be very very far from the truth. Those who truly have the interests of tenants would respect the will of the tenants through the ballot box, and fight for the betterment and welfare of the tenants through a democratic group,and not give succour/credibility to those who dont.
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