Haringey Decent Homes Project

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Post by Jude Hoffmann 5 hours ago

I have to say that I am pretty upset that Haringey Council can find money to improve the shop fronts in green lanes yet they have pulled any money on the decent homes project and have left tenants like myself who live on Green Lanes, with broken and ancient kitchens and bathrooms and 80 year old electrics, just saying

Reply by Clive Carter 5 hours ago

Jude it was Boris who found the money (£40,000?) to improve the shop fronts in Green Lanes, not Haringey Council. However, you might be pretty upset that the council has found £90,000 p.a. (plus all the overheads) for a new PR position at their Communications and Propaganda Department.

Reply by Jude Hoffmann 5 hours ago

yeah, i am pretty upset with them all round, we were promised that we would be part of the decent homes project and then they pulled it at the beginning of 2012, we had been waiting since 2007!! and our kitchens and bathrooms are so old that they dont actually make them anymore. Any way rant over .

Reply by Clive Carter 4 hours ago

Jude I believe there may have been some jiggery pokery with the Decent Homes Budget.

At one point the "Executive Cabinet Member" for LBH Housing had ordered a diamond encrusted digital television system for the Borough's estates - whether they liked it or not.

He seemed to believe the TV salesman who told him that this new (satellite based) system would be "future proof", but it was all going to cost far more than expected. There was talk of budgets being shuffled around - with the Decent Homes Budget (intended for repairs as you indicate) being raided. The council can always find money when they want to, even if its just for PR, the highest priority of the council.