work in progress
Council officer reports on latest Stock Condition
Reports to DMC's : Ho/KT Dec 2023 HERE
Feb 2024 - Ho DMC HERE
2015 Housing conditions in Camden report HERE and excerpt below:
according to the above linked report, in 2003/4 most council homes in Camden [91. 5%] did not meet the DHS.
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Housing Act 2004
"An Act to make provision about housing conditions; to regulate houses in multiple occupation and certain other residential accommodation; to make provision for home information packs in connection with the sale of residential properties; to make provision about secure tenants and the right to buy; to make provision about mobile homes and the accommodation needs of gypsies and travellers; to make other provision about housing; and for connected purposes.
[18th November 2004]
The Housing, Health and Safety Rating System [England] Regulations 2005 HERE
IMO the above ratings system needs changing in parts: for a start the formula that is supposed to be followed would i think need someone with a masters degree in maths and then some to understand it - its way too complicated: example below
Section 6 Seriousness of hazard
" The government will consult on a new Decent Homes Standard for the rented sectors"
when this will happen is any ones guess.
Landlords repairing obligations: section 11 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
HERE
from Camden Council website -
Council tenant rights and responsibilities HERE - Report a housing repair HERE .
On the same page is also Report a non-emergency repair and a link check if a repair is your responsibility which
The above [from Twitter] is about Camden Council paying out £4.6m in compensation between Oct 2023 and Oct 2024. It's a lot of money - why they wouldn't do the repairs when they have a legal obligation to do so, isn't clear to me but looks like they are rationing repairs - possibly due to costs they hadn't properly budgeted for.
27 dec 2024
My landlords refusal to fix the waste pipe problem to do with my bath, says to me that they are rationing some of the repairs they are supposed to do - like some plumbing/ repairs/maintenance. plumbing
They are also doing this with some works to do with the supply of electricity to the tenant - wiring and sockets. It doesn't always seem so straightforward like in the Grenfell Tower tragedy
here where the fire is said to have started by a fridge in one of the flats: i read some of the documents on the GT inquiry and as far as i am aware the cause was never determined. [will clarify]
electrical
update
in my case i was doing some ironing and a few minutes after heating up the iron cooled down - no fuse banged . I couldnt find out what the problem was even though i checked the fuse box to see which switche has tripped, i couldnt see any. The sockets werent working but the ceiling lights where.
i went onto the councils website and was chatting with someone to do with housing repairs and told him what the problem was. he asked me a few questions, i answered. then he said he was ending the chat as the problem was the appliance. .... then he was gone. im like, huh come back, what about the electricity in my flat.
anyhow i became very upset and a bit hyper [ i have omitted some stuff to do with tenant in flat C squealing to the housing office and them sending the fire brigade down here] long story short a few people in camden council kindly helped me and i got the problem sorted the following morning - over the phone.
then 2 appointment notes where put through the front door and i didnt know why, no-one said why even to this day - as far as i was aware the problem had been sorted and i was out for the appointments.
if they had wanted to physically check the sockets etc to be on the safe side [as landlord] they should have said so then i would have been in for them - poor communication on their part imo.
as a tenant one can get laden down with the amount of faults and having to go through the official complaints process is exhausting for me - i don't bother mostly, its easier to not expect too much.
update 18 jan 25
Housing Scrutiny committee mon 13 jan 2025
HERE agenda item 9 Housing Investment strategy HERE 2025 - 2030
additional documents:
apx A HERE Housing Investment strategy Delivering Quality Homes
B HERE Housing Asset Management " " "
B1 HERE " " " Proposed Capital Programme
B2 HERE Asset Feasibility Study template
C HERE EQIA Assessment
agenda item 11 Housing Allocation Scheme review HERE
apn 1 HERE summary of minor changes
mon 20 Jan 2025 Extra-ordinary Meeting of the Council HERE - into the Housing Ombudsman Special Report HERE
item 5 request for an extra ordinary council meeting HERE - report of borough solicitor [Andrew Maughan} / agenda report pack HERE Jenny Rowlings CEO
update 19 jan 25
Tenancy Agreement HERE - this is the agreement that all tenants who rent have, which is renewed each year - last updated 2008 and 2016
