Longlife is fighting hard for survival
Last week’s news item, Longlife could be cut short (Inside Housing, 26 March, 2010), was not representative of the real issues that Longlife finds itself embroiled in.
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Some committee members feel Campbell Tickell has failed to produce a balanced report. Until recently, Longlife was moving forward in terms of service provision for tenants under my chairmanship. Among other things, we even recorded the biggest surplus in funds for many years.
Since I resigned in 2007 and prior to my re-election in June 2009, all I have seen is negative criticism of myself and Longlife from certain quarters. Essentially the Campbell Tickell report appears to criticise the members for making a democratic choice in choosing its management committee.
Hopefully we can find a way out of this mess. I and other committee members have spoken with two managing agents to give the members choice if they decide to keep Longlife as an independent body but outsource some or all of its responsibilities.
Olu Oyenigba, treasurer, Longlife.