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harwood red · 12-06-2005, 21:41

I can only speak by working for a housing association that took over council properties in voluntary stock transfer and part of the agreement is that the rents cannot be raised by more than 1% above inflation and 4 years later our rent is still way below other registered social landlords rents. We have also just completed year 3 of improvements to the housing stock which includes new kitchens, bathrooms, heating, double glazing but one point I can make is that alot of these improvements do NOT include fencing as we have prioritised the actual properties. We have an ongoing assessment of fencing and I am hoping we will be improving them over the years to come. We send questionnaires to all tenants every other year to ask them how they think we are doing and YES we do act on things people are not happy with. Saying all this I am unsure of whether this is what will happen with Hyndburn Homes but thought you might like to hear another side.

ps All the staff who worked for the council housing had the option to tranfer over to the new company

12-06-2005, 21:41	#7
harwood red God Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Great Harwood Posts: 7,146 Blog Entries: 74 Liked: 6 times Rep Power: 911	Re: HBC And The Proposed Housing Stock Transfer. I can only speak by working for a housing association that took over council properties in voluntary stock transfer and part of the agreement is that the rents cannot be raised by more than 1% above inflation and 4 years later our rent is still way below other registered social landlords rents. We have also just completed year 3 of improvements to the housing stock which includes new kitchens, bathrooms, heating, double glazing but one point I can make is that alot of these improvements do NOT include fencing as we have prioritised the actual properties. We have an ongoing assessment of fencing and I am hoping we will be improving them over the years to come. We send questionnaires to all tenants every other year to ask them how they think we are doing and YES we do act on things people are not happy with. Saying all this I am unsure of whether this is what will happen with Hyndburn Homes but thought you might like to hear another side. ps All the staff who worked for the council housing had the option to tranfer over to the new company __________________ I know this may come as a shock but believe it or not all views I may air on here are my own work!!!!!