tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post5786911849665798253..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Temporary accommodation for the homeless at Brent House?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-58129254503503008472015-03-17T21:48:01.536+00:002015-03-17T21:48:01.536+00:00I think Brent Council should be shamed by sending ...I think Brent Council should be shamed by sending these letters out to convert BRENT HOUSE in to B&B. I haven't seen any B&B on any of our high streets at all, this will KILL OUR HIGH STREET. People already struggled during School hours, pick hours, event days especially surround this Wembley Triangle, which caused by the huge traffic. This is simply not possible. Brent Civic centre should have space to help homeless people within their own building. This is not just matter of money saving - This is a huge risks for the local children, schools, religious places, safety, cleanliness, anti behaviour activities etc.. Council must pull this application back.unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071060833014982981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-26144348253680114402014-12-13T18:27:40.130+00:002014-12-13T18:27:40.130+00:00Can we get back to talking about Sam Stopp? Most f...Can we get back to talking about Sam Stopp? Most fun this blog's been for years...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-29575406991671388462014-12-13T10:27:07.286+00:002014-12-13T10:27:07.286+00:00Nan, my experience is that "temporary" h...Nan, my experience is that "temporary" housing can go on for over a decade. Brent's Housing department habitually shuffle people into anything they can, then wash their hands of them. Often, it's expensive private rented housing meaning that Housing Benefit picks up the bill. That helps no one. <br /><br />I do agree with you about the awful waste of the Unisys building. It's shameful. <br /><br />I'm also afraid that my recent experience of most housing associations, and especially Stadium is not good. They're building affordable housing that isn't by any stretch, negelecting and failing to fix their existing stock, and constructing slums for the future. Commercial mindsets seem to dominate and not in a good way. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-26653212228700785182014-12-12T19:00:35.753+00:002014-12-12T19:00:35.753+00:00I had asked Brent Council since the 1980s about ac...I had asked Brent Council since the 1980s about acquiring the Unisys building at the Stonebridge /North Circular /Harrow Road intersection, even temporarily if they could not do a compulsory purchase, and doing precisely the same sort of short-life scheme as is being proposed above for Brent House. <br /><br />Think how much could have been saved on temp accommodation costs over the many years the building has stood empty and been vandalised.<br /><br />Since temporary accommodation is supposed to lead to permanent rehousing, it is sad to think of what will happen to the families in Brent House, when the proposed short-life scheme comes to an end. Where are they supposed to go?<br /><br />A good example of temporary accommodation that was turned into permanant accommodation for people in need of social housing is the former Middlesex House, now called Pepermint Tower, I think, that stands next to Sainsburys in Alperton. This was done by Stadium Housing Association.<br /><br />I wonder whether there is too little partnership working being done with housing associations and far too much of Brent being hand in glove with such as Quintain, or the developer of the Stonebridge Adventure Playground site, where everything is designed for profitability first and foremost, rather than for longer term community benefit.Nan Tewarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-8198466715020058822014-12-12T16:02:54.217+00:002014-12-12T16:02:54.217+00:00Mahatma Ghandi House, now Brent House, what about ...Mahatma Ghandi House, now Brent House, what about the old Town Hall?<br /><br />Along with the over-developed Quintain Development, the whole area will be absolutely swamped. <br /><br />I think we can expect more space at the Civic Centre being let, to fill the floors that were supposed to have encouraged hot-desking and working from home. Must be space for more temporary accommodation for homeless people, as I cannot see anyone else making use of the empty areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com