Decision details
Selection of Registered Social Landlords for Barking and Dagenham's Preferred Partners for Panel and Allocation to new Housing Projects
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decisions:
Following the decision by the Executive (May 2003, Minute 5) to select a number of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) to be the preferred partners of the Council in developing and managing new affordable homes, received a report proposing to add additional RSLs to the panel of preferred partners.
Appendix A of the report was withdrawn.
Agreed, in order to strengthen the Council’s ability to deliver high quality new affordable homes and to bring about successful regeneration programmes:
1. To admit London & Quadrant Housing Trust and Presentation Housing Association to the preferred RSL partners panel, subject to the condition in paragraph 2.1 of the report.
2. To include Southern Housing Group in the RSL panel, subject to good progress over the next 6 months with the new housing development at St Ann’s.
3. That RSLs are fully committed to the Council’s Community Priorities and signed up to the protocol for RSLs before any sites are allocated to them.
Publication date: 14/10/2003
Date of decision: 07/10/2003
Decided at meeting: 07/10/2003 - Cabinet
Effective from: 16/10/2003
This decision has been called in by:
- Councillor Mrs P A Twomey who writes (i) There are a number of background issues on this matter that we feel have not been dealt with in an open and transparent manner that may have led the Executive to come to another decision, for example:· performance of all three bodies (RSLs) at interview past and present performance of London and Quadrant and Southern Housing Group (ii) Also a matter of procedure in the setting up of a Member Panel and Officers taking the decision to disregard Members recommendations of that Panel. (iii) Concerns about poor quality management and support system. London and Quadrant need to demonstrate the high standards required by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham of RSL's. (iv) As a member with London Quadrant Housing in Village Ward my experience with them are that they are impossible to contact when the public has raised concerns such as mess and noise and fail to enforce tenancy agreements. As for presentation, at a recent presentation they gave they told us their nearest office is Wimbledon S.W. London and have no intention of bringing one locally."
- Councillor D F Best who writes (i) There are a number of background issues on this matter that we feel have not been dealt with in an open and transparent manner that may have led the Executive to come to another decision, for example:· performance of all three bodies (RSLs) at interview past and present performance of London and Quadrant and Southern Housing Group (ii) Also a matter of procedure in the setting up of a Member Panel and Officers taking the decision to disregard Members recommendations of that Panel. (iii) Concerns about poor quality management and support system. London and Quadrant need to demonstrate the high standards required by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham of RSL's. (iv) As a member with London Quadrant Housing in Village Ward my experience with them are that they are impossible to contact when the public has raised concerns such as mess and noise and fail to enforce tenancy agreements. As for presentation, at a recent presentation they gave they told us their nearest office is Wimbledon S.W. London and have no intention of bringing one locally."
- Councillor R C Little who writes (i) There are a number of background issues on this matter that we feel have not been dealt with in an open and transparent manner that may have led the Executive to come to another decision, for example:· performance of all three bodies (RSLs) at interview past and present performance of London and Quadrant and Southern Housing Group (ii) Also a matter of procedure in the setting up of a Member Panel and Officers taking the decision to disregard Members recommendations of that Panel. (iii) Concerns about poor quality management and support system. London and Quadrant need to demonstrate the high standards required by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham of RSL's. (iv) As a member with London Quadrant Housing in Village Ward my experience with them are that they are impossible to contact when the public has raised concerns such as mess and noise and fail to enforce tenancy agreements. As for presentation, at a recent presentation they gave they told us their nearest office is Wimbledon S.W. London and have no intention of bringing one locally."
- Cllr Mick McCarthy who writes (i) There are a number of background issues on this matter that we feel have not been dealt with in an open and transparent manner that may have led the Executive to come to another decision, for example:· performance of all three bodies (RSLs) at interview past and present performance of London and Quadrant and Southern Housing Group (ii) Also a matter of procedure in the setting up of a Member Panel and Officers taking the decision to disregard Members recommendations of that Panel. (iii) Concerns about poor quality management and support system. London and Quadrant need to demonstrate the high standards required by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham of RSL's. (iv) As a member with London Quadrant Housing in Village Ward my experience with them are that they are impossible to contact when the public has raised concerns such as mess and noise and fail to enforce tenancy agreements. As for presentation, at a recent presentation they gave they told us their nearest office is Wimbledon S.W. London and have no intention of bringing one locally."
- Councillor Mrs V Rush who writes (i) There are a number of background issues on this matter that we feel have not been dealt with in an open and transparent manner that may have led the Executive to come to another decision, for example:· performance of all three bodies (RSLs) at interview past and present performance of London and Quadrant and Southern Housing Group (ii) Also a matter of procedure in the setting up of a Member Panel and Officers taking the decision to disregard Members recommendations of that Panel. (iii) Concerns about poor quality management and support system. London and Quadrant need to demonstrate the high standards required by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham of RSL's. (iv) As a member with London Quadrant Housing in Village Ward my experience with them are that they are impossible to contact when the public has raised concerns such as mess and noise and fail to enforce tenancy agreements. As for presentation, at a recent presentation they gave they told us their nearest office is Wimbledon S.W. London and have no intention of bringing one locally."
- Cllr Lee Waker who writes (i) There are a number of background issues on this matter that we feel have not been dealt with in an open and transparent manner that may have led the Executive to come to another decision, for example:· performance of all three bodies (RSLs) at interview past and present performance of London and Quadrant and Southern Housing Group (ii) Also a matter of procedure in the setting up of a Member Panel and Officers taking the decision to disregard Members recommendations of that Panel. (iii) Concerns about poor quality management and support system. London and Quadrant need to demonstrate the high standards required by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham of RSL's. (iv) As a member with London Quadrant Housing in Village Ward my experience with them are that they are impossible to contact when the public has raised concerns such as mess and noise and fail to enforce tenancy agreements. As for presentation, at a recent presentation they gave they told us their nearest office is Wimbledon S.W. London and have no intention of bringing one locally."
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