sarahc
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Comment on: Labour opposed to underoccupation cut
About 50% of underoccupiers are households of working age, actually (or so I have been told). I've got a lot of sympathy for the "spare room" idea, but if you think about it - if you routinely allocate families a property with a room extra to their requirements, when the kids grow up and leave home you'll have a whole load of elderly couples/people knockng around in properties far too big for them, which will put even more pressure on the housing stock. I suppose we could just build a lot more houses...I wonder if that would help??
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Comment on: Labour opposed to underoccupation cut
About 50% of underoccupiers are households of working age, actually (or so I have been told). I've got a lot of sympathy for the "spare room" idea, but if you think about it - if you routinely allocate families a property with a room extra to their requirements, when the kids grow up and leave home you'll have a whole load of elderly couples/people knockng around in properties far too big for them, which will put even more pressure on the housing stock. I suppose we could just build a lot more houses...I wonder if that would help??
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Comment on: Empty homes a 'disgraceful waste'
The point is that councils need to get stronger powers to deal with empty private sector homes, and force their owners to either bring them back into use or sell them to someone who will.
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Comment on: Empty homes a 'disgraceful waste'
The point is that councils need to get stronger powers to deal with empty private sector homes, and force their owners to either bring them back into use or sell them to someone who will.
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Comment on: Clegg backs moves to cut benefits for rioters
The issue here is that the govt and others are proposing that people are punished twice - once by the courts (with savage sentences - four years for idiotic Facebook pages which actually incited NO ONE to turn up and riot!) and again by having their financial support and housing taken away. That is inherently unjust. The fact that only some people are targetted for this double punishment - because they happen to be unemployed and live in social housing - is unfair. I despair of this country.
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unsanitary properties
I am looking for advice and examples of good practice on how to deal with properties that the tenant has allowed to get into an unsanitary condition, perhaps by hoarding, or simply being una
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Posted in: Stage Two Complaint
Why don't you take the opportunity to meet with the Director? As far as i can see he has only been involved in the case because you complained previously - I assume your original complaint was not actually against him? Its a good chance to really put your side and you can also get him to explain why he never responded to you in the first place. Generally, its not wrong for the manager of a section or a member of staff to investigate a complaint against their section/staff, they are usually in a good position to see what went wrong (and hopefully DO something about it!) - its only wrong if it was them personally who actually caused you to complain in the first place. You need to show you want to work with your landlord to get this complaint resolved - i have seen some of your previous posts and it does seem to me that you are focussed too much on the process of complaining and not on the actual resolution of your complaints. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh but I think you should ask yourself - what do I want to get out of this? to pick my landlord up on all the flaws in their processes or to get them to put right the thing I don't like (or explain why they can't)? Then take it from there.
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Posted in: taking over a tenancy
It will be easy for the HA to check when your mother-in-law went to America, so you will end up being thrown out and assessed as intentionally homeless if you try to pull a fast one as is suggested. To be honest, you're trying to jump the queue here which is unfair on all those people who have been waiting in unsuitable accommodation, some for years. A housing association tenancy is not a sweetie to be passed around to those who happen to know the possessor! Why don't you go to the local authority and declare yourselves homeless? you'll get your own tenancy in your own right then.
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Posted in: Mutual Exchange nightmare PLEASE SOMEONE HELP..
You see, I think there are some pretty good clues here. Looks to me as if Peabody are in the middle of getting him to downsize following the succession - legal proceedings may not actually have started yet but this may simply be because the timescales for a Ground 16 notice and subsequent possession proceedings are not yet met. They may well be trying to get him to move amicably rather than using the courts in the first place. To be honest, i wouldn't get involved in this if I were you - you could end up in a lot of difficulties. Your other option is to get your own landlord involved - ask them to discuss with Peabody what the blockages are. Landlords are supposed to liaise over these matters.
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Posted in: unsanitary properties
Sorry - I forgot to say we are a local authority. calling in Environmental Health is a no-go as they can't serve notices on us/our tenants, so far as I know.
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Posted in: unsanitary properties
I am looking for advice and examples of good practice on how to deal with properties that the tenant has allowed to get into an unsanitary condition, perhaps by hoarding, or simply being unable to manage their tenancy properly. How are other social landlords dealing with this (and can I contact you to discuss in more detail)? what legal remedies do you use to enforce compliance (or if necessary, entry and cleaning?); what support agencies are most useful? training for staff on supporting vulnerable tenants? sources of funding?