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Leaseholders Meeting Dates 2009

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Leaseholders Executive - Thurday 12 March 2009
Leaseholders Council - Thursday 23 April 2009
Stockwell and Vassall Area Forum - Tuesday 19 May 2009
Leaseholders Executive - Thurday 11 June 2009
Stockwell and Vassall Area Forum - Tuesday 21 July 2009
Leaseholders Executive - Thurday 3 September 2009

Housing crisis: 130 jobs to go

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

AROUND 130 jobs are to be axed at a council-owned housing firm – with some staff losing their jobs just before Christmas.
Lambeth Living Limited, the private company that manages the borough’s social housing stocks, plans to cull around 130 posts in a desperate bid to save cash.
“If the Almo wants to save cash it [...]

Leaseholders Council AGM - Influence Payment Options for Major Works

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Payment options for Major Works in Lambeth still remain unclear. This means many of us could face large bills payable within 30 days after the receipt of invoice.
At the last Leaseholders Council meeting, a paper was presented by Homeownership which proposed some payment options for Major Works. However, this is currently inadequate as it does [...]

BBC4 Radio Programme on Decent Homes Initiative - 18/09/2008

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

On Thursday, 18 September 2008, BBC4 broadcasted a programme entitled “Decent Homes Initiative - Large bills for leaseholders”. Many families who’ve bought former council flats are facing bills of thousands of pounds because of a government scheme to improve the standard of social housing.
Listen to Decent Homes Initiative - Large bills for leaseholders radio [...]

Repairs could cost owners’ homes

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Read full article at BBC.co.uk
By Bob Howard
BBC Radio 4’s Money Box
A government scheme to bring social housing up to reasonable standards could leave some people homeless, warns one MP.
Hundreds of people who bought former council flats in England are receiving bills for thousands of pounds for repairs they say they cannot afford.
The work is [...]