Homes in Havering lose out on Two Stars

Collier Row Councilor, Andrew Mann has spoken of his disappointment in Havering Council's "Arms Length Management Company" or ALMO, Homes in Havering, not being awarded its two stars by the Audit Commission, which now means that the Council will not be getting its £128 million to implement the Decent homes standards, HiH only achieved one star.

He said " With almost 1,500 Council tenants in Collier Row, this means a lot of disappointed residents living in Council properties, the Council is millions of pounds and years behind in its maintenance, and by Homes in Havering not getting its two stars, it means an even longer wait and to be honest, some of the Council stock can not wait that much longer as it is in a terrible state".

"The Council need to urgently look at why Homes in Havering did not get its two stars, they say they have improved in 20 out 0f 26 areas, but if that is the case, how can we only get one star, a lot more work needs to be done by our highly paid Cabinet Members in improving services to residents, why did the Tory Cabinet Members and HiH decide not to appeal ?".

He ended "Perhaps Cabinet Members should be on a performance pay scheme, i.e they only get paid if they provide results, at Havering our Cabinet Members are earning £42,000 a year for most of them a part time job, its about time they started delivering or go back to their day jobs"