Open House was produced by Tower Hamlets Housing
Services to keep residents informed on the progress of Housing Choice.
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Open House Issue 1 – Aug 2001 (PDF 560k)
- Consultation Begins – picture the future
- Sue Benjamins looks forward to the challenges ahead
Editorial – The choice is Yours - The choices ahead
Council loses out in housing finance system - Improving the lettings Service
Our friends in the North?
Open House Issue 2 – Sept 2001 (PDF 500k)
- Things can’t stay the way they are
- Taking Stock of our housing condition – Government Plans (a decent home for all)
Editorial Keeping the options open - Councillor David Edgar sets out options for the future
Residents to decide referenda Stage Two - Views of the borough-wide compact group
Borough-wide Tenant Compact Election results
Open House Issue 3 – Oct 2001 (PDF 940k)
- Estate Referendum Proposals Revealed
- Tenants apply for Stepney Homes – Aiming to make the right moves
Editorial: real opportunity – details of 5 Drop-in surgeries - Looking at the options – your questions answered
What will the choices be for tenants?
Getting unbiased advice for residents - New Tenant Compact Chair sets out his role for residents
send YOUR views to CPT 20 Three Colt St. Limehouse E14 8HJ - Who will you be voting with? – first proposals for referendum
Areas 1-25 - Areas 26-47 & map
- Areas 48-49 & map
- Areas 50-83
Open House Issue 4 – Nov 2001 (PDF 730k)
- Take Your Time on Housing Choice
- Your Letters
Free and Independent advice from PPCR 0800 317 066(English) 0800 587 4559 (bengali)
Editorial – more drop-in details - New finance rules will not help Tower Hamlets, says leader of the Council
- Drop in sessions answer tenants’ concerns
Average rents at 31st March 2003
Open House Issue 5 – Dec 2001 (PDF 730k)
- Countdown to the referendum
Housing Minister comes to Tower Hamlets - Your letter(s)
Your questions answered
Editorial facing £590m shortfall comments by councillors David Edgar and Martin Young & more drop in details - Leasholders Councillor Martin Young speaks out
Leaseholder enfranchisement explained (contact Denise Kent on 020 7364 7014 - What Housing Choice means for Leaseholders
Update on Lettings review
New homes update
What happens after the referendum?
Open House Issue 6 – Feb 2002 (PDF 700k)
- Don’t slam the door on the Future
Antrim House and Cavan House bite the dust (picture) - A letter from a leaseholder
How the referedum will work
Editorial – Don’t miss out + 6 Drop in surgeries including 4 by PPCR - Your chance to tell the council what you want – Opinions from 11 individuals 7 of whom were pictured
- Government gives thumbs up to Housing Choice
New finance rules unveiled
Referendum is not a vote to leave the council – diagram of stages 1-3 - Referendum areas confirmed 1 Aberfeldy -25 Lakeview / Lanfranc
- Areas 26 West Leopold / Burdett – 48 Granby / Hereford plus part of map
- Rest of map plus 49 Holland & 50 Mansford
- Areas 51 Newling – 88 East Leopold
Open House Issue 7 – Jun 2002 (PDF 500k)
- A big YES to housing choice stage 2
1-94 Cotall St to be demolished - Introducing the Registered Social Landlords (part 1)
Bethnal Green & Victoria Park (BGVPHA)and Victoria Park Home Ownership (VPHO) – Spitalfiels HA – Peabody Trust – Old Ford HA – Toynbee HA – Poplar HARCA – LABO HA – Tower Hamlets Community Housing
What happens now - Council’s FREE disposal for unwanted cars
Council to set up new community landlord
Council borrowing rules to change – but no difference to Tower Hamlets - New law ahead for tenants?
Your letters
The right way to have your say - How Tenants voted :
Aberfeldy – Greenways - Holland – Withy House
- How Leaseholders voted:
Aberfeldy – Bemer - Birchfield – Crossways
- Cubitt Town – Horwood
- Island Gardens – Millwall
- Newling – Sidney Street North
- Sidney Street South – Withy House
Open House Issue 8 – Aug 2002 (PDF 800k)
- No hope for borrowing on council housing repairs – government plans for councils will not help Tower Hamlets
- Introducing the Registered Social Landlords (part 2)
Circle 33 Housing Trust – Southern Housing Group – Swan HA – Grand Union Housing Co-op – The Guinness Trust – Solon Co-op Housing Services – Mitali HA- William Sutton Trust - Resource Centre opens
New Community Landlord takes shape – EastEndHomes - Residents keep PPCR on board for independent Housing Choice advice
(Borough-wide) Compact Group election results
Open House Issue 9 – Nov 2002 (PDF 900k)
- Housing report shows need for major repairs
80% of council homes need investment to meet ‘decent homes’ standard - Housing Choice Stage 2 – estates start on the path to new investment
- Familiar face in a new role
Facing up to repairs challange
east end HOMES Plansfor community-led landlord - Options for the future – your Housing Choice questions answered
Resources galore for borough tenants
Open House Issue 10 – Feb 2003 (PDF 600k)
- First residents make their choice
Five estates now have a social landlord to work with on plans for their homes
EastEndHomes – work gets underway - Steering groups look to the future
Editorial – Make a difference - Borough residents take the opportunity to get involved in their estate steering groups
Praise for Housing Choice
What happens at Stage 3? - Your important questions answered
What are the options for tenant management?
Open House Issue 11- April 2003 (PDF 366k)
- Goverment plans mean change ahead
Improvements are smashing – picture of Tarling House demolition - Look at what’s on offer – THCH – Guinness
- what’s on offer – Peabody Trust
Editorial – check out the opportunities - What’s on offer – Toynbee HA
Residents set the pace
Open house Issue 12 – July 2003 (PDF 149k)
- Housing Choice shifts up a gear
Four more steering groups covering eight estates have chosen a preferred partner
MP opens Wyn Garrett Resource Centre - Find out more about Housing Choice Landlords
Spitalfields HA – Swan HA
Editorial Making a real difference
Volunteers needed for ARPs - Poplar HARCA – BGVPHA
New interim Director of Housing - Protecting your housing rights
Frequently asked questions
Change for the better
Open house Issue 13 – September 2003 (PDF 468k)
- It’s your estate keep up-to-date
A towering success – Crossways Estate - Find out more about Housing Coice Landlords
Old Ford
Solon
Editorial: Housing Choice – Check out the benefits - Southern Housing Group
William Sutton Trust
It’s Sanctuary for Ocean - Housing Choice: a step by step guide to choosing an RSL
Sticking their neck out
Starting out – Mansford Estate
Columbia Residents make their choice - Housing Choice your questions answered
- One Estate’s experience of transfer Minerva
Crossways consultation shop
New Leaseholder rights bring new responsibilities
Open house Issue 14 – December 2003 (PDF 317k)
- Housing Choice is on the right track – a new report
In the market for information - Tackling trouble – what the RSL’s Do
Swan
EastEndHomes
Guinness Trust
BGVPHA
Editorial: make sure you get your Housing Choice information - Housing Choice your questions answered
- More Estates make their choice
giving residents the opportunity to have their say
Open house Issue 15 – March 2004 (PDF 336k)
- Government: no more money without change
Housing Minister confirms that there will be no extra housing money unless councils accept govrnment options
Dizzee (and friends) getting busy - RSLs working to improve the quality of life for tenants
Old Ford – Poplar HARCA – Sanctuary – BGVPA - Housing Choice
Your questions answered - Leaseholders – Council revises policy on contributions towards repairs
Guinness information base in Wapping
Service charges for tenants – see where your money goes
