tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post2129598513327369321..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Is this the end of Brent Housing Partnership?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-14351475833626633162016-06-20T11:10:20.147+01:002016-06-20T11:10:20.147+01:00Meanwhile, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 has b...Meanwhile, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 has been passed. Yet it has struck me from the dealings of vulnerable people who approached Kilburn Unemployed Workers Group for help, that BHP management were more interested in addressing government agendas than the vulnerability of BHP tenants.<br /><br />Along related lines, the latest Kilburn Unemployed blog post is <a href="http://kilburnunemployed.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/evictions-and-vulnerable-people.html" rel="nofollow">Evictions and vulnerable people — a coroner's court case in point</a><br /><br />The case in point relates to a former South Kilburn Estate resident.<br /><br />Alan WheatleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-40655623542791448682016-06-18T11:55:24.557+01:002016-06-18T11:55:24.557+01:00A freedom of information request revealed that spe...A freedom of information request revealed that spent £10K on this stories of Brent PR drive. 5K from their community fund and 5K from Oakray, their repairs contracter. <br /><br />Where did this money really originate from? <br />You, I, muggins, the tax payer. <br /><br />Its a slippery slope to special measures & spending this sort of money, a fortune for someone on low or no income struggling in a BHP property whilst the organisation is failing is a highly questionable use of funds.<br /><br />What may have slipped bosses minds is that good PR is a job well done. Their staff is part of what makes that happen & the money would have been better invested on conditions for the employees. <br /><br />Scott B. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-47211588317645416872016-06-18T09:59:57.986+01:002016-06-18T09:59:57.986+01:00What a shambles. Firstly, of course, BHP tenants a...What a shambles. Firstly, of course, BHP tenants and leaseholders have never been informed by BHP that it is under "special measures" or however else they care to describe it. The BHP magazine which goes out to us all had not a word on the matter. So much for Brent's transparency. Nor, frankly, have we seen the slightest improvement since.<br />The rationale for having BHP at all - if there ever was one - disappeared when the government removed the requirement to have such "ALMOs" to get some grants. At that point many councils scrapped their ALMOs and took housing back in house (some never formed ALMOs in the first place. Brent, being behind the curve as usual, did nothing.<br />Now options are considered, 2 of which amount to at least partial privatisation of the housing service (3.33 above). Bad enough that Brent has been handing over properties to the private sector for years, now it is considering the private sector a say in the running of its own service! Take BHP back in house and lets have a proper discussion about housing in Brent without the Damocles sword of privatisation (and ultra expensive properties) permanently hanging over us.<br />Pete Firminnoreply@blogger.com