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EEHLFA meeting for Mile End East Estates

British, Bede, Eric & Treby Estates

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EEHLFA - the new association for EastendHomes Leaseholders is moving along with great support - The Mile End East Estates will be holding their first meeting on Wednesday 17th February at 7.00pm in the Soanes Centre, Southern Grove, Mile End, E3 4PX. All EastendHomes Leaseholders & Freeholders welcome.


For the first time we have a strong, unified voice to take forward a joint campaign to bring about real change for leaseholders and freeholders on EeH estates.

Speakers: Representatives from Glamis, Holland, Island Gardens & St George’s Estates

Are you worried about

  • unjustifiable hikes in service charges?
  • major works contributions running into tens of thousands?
  • EeH attitude that, whether the costs they pass on to us are reasonable or not, we are told to "pay up or be taken to court", wasting even more of our money?

We have made a start, but we know there is a long way to go - now we need all leaseholders and freeholders to get involved - we need your support to:

  • bring about real change
  • make EeH walk its talk
  • make sure that EeH residents really get the housing management service we were promised and that we decide

Please use the leaseholder section to post comment and feedback. Please click here for latest EEHLFA news

Read more here on how to get involved to work together for a fair deal for EeH lease and freeholders!

Our watchword is 'Together as One'

See the EEHLFA Manifesto here - See the EEHLFA on The Wharf website


Another Eastend Homes Success.....

Success!!

Eastendhomes Rubbish

Well done Eastendhomes Ltd - this rubbish finally removed at around 14.00 Thursday 11th February.....after only five days

Estate Boards - Why So Mysterious?

I am hearing so many stories of Estate Boards that appear to have absolutely no consultation with the residents that it is supposed to be representing.Residents don't know when the Board meets, who the Board consists of. and how to contact the Board. The worse thing is that your boards get a financial grant from EEH, that grant is for reidents, do you know how they spend it? This is a disgrace! There is no point in getting advice about your Estate Board from EEH as you will hit a brick wall. EEH emblazon their publicity prodly proclaiming, RESIDENT LED! FULL CONSULTATION! In effect they imply that the Boards direct their policies. This is where the danger lies, untransparent Boards "could" rubber-stamp all discussions. and proposals.

Do you know what your Board agrees to?

Eastend Homes Leaseholders win first step in battle for recognition.

EEHLFA - Deputation to the Council - 27th January

and to Eastendhomes Main Board - 28th January

Island Garden, St Georges, Glamis, Mile End East and Holland Estates - an opportunity for Leaseholders to work together to achieve justice and fair charges

At the Tower hamlets Full Council meeting on the 27th January, all Councillors voted to support a call to urge Eastend Homes (the Registered Social Landlord or RSL) to recognise the Eastend Homes Leaseholders and Freeholders Association. Cllr Tim Archer put forward the original motion calling on the Council to support the group, and the Council heard a deputation led by Gloria Thienel Chair EEHLA & Interim Vice Chair EEHLFA explaining the treatment she had received at the hands of Eastend Homes, her social landlord.
Jan Anstey Hayes - Interim Chair EEHLFA also spoke and Andrew Coles from the THLA was there along with supporters in the public gallery.

On Thursday 28th January the Group presented their case to the main board of Eastend Homes - they await the outcome on their call for recognition.

Click here to see report of EEHFLA meeting on 19th November
Click here to view the EEHFLA manifesto
Click here to read "leaseholders battle for recognition" in the Advertiser

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From the Council Website

11.4 Motion proposed by Council or Tim Archer regarding East End Homes Leaseholders and Freeholders Association
Councillor Marc Francis moved, and Councillor Lutfur Rahman seconded, an amendment to the motion to delete text after “This Council notes” and replace with text as tabled at he meeting. This was agreed and the substantive motion as amended was then agreed as follows.

Registered Anti-social Landlords

News is about that registered social landlords in the borough are trying to make life difficult for any real resident involvement.
This may not be a suprise to some........

  • Housing councillor Marc Francis admits making mistakes to "properly protect the interests" of neighbours living on the Samuda, St John's, Barkantine and Kingsbridge estates when they were transferred to Island Homes four years ago.
  • Caxton Hall Community Centre is being hassled by LBTH to sign up to a lease agreement - these leases that are very business oriented in charges (thousands of pounds a year) could drive the Malmesbury Residents Association "out of business"
  • Then there is the letter Paul Bloss sent to residents who use the Cultural Centre on British Street - threatening closure if they didn't behave

Eastendhomes did back down on charges they wished to gather from leaseholders for a public meeting at St Georges.

So attention all TRAs and resident groups - contact us if you have any similar stories or experiences from the Borough. Email us here.

See - Paul Bloss blames bad PR

SDC Meeting Tuesday 15th December

Results

Eastendhomes Residents

The Strategic Development Committee voted on the Eric, Treby and Brokesley planning application. The result was 3 votes against the application and 4 votes for.

The efforts of residents and all the local councillors were not taken into account when a political decision was made at the SDC meeting at the Town Hall.

4 Labour votes FOR the plans

3 others AGAINST (Respect, Lib Dem, Conservative).

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Big thanks to all who turned up again and again at meetings and those who have contributed time and effort over the last eight months.

Click here for Advertiser story
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Last year's news on EEH notice board

Not-yet-success!!

Eastendhomes Notice Board

Keep up to date with Eastendhomes: The advertised MECHT meeting was FOUR months ago. And the ballot? EIGHT months ago! (Did that ballot really happen?)

"Re-hash of previous plans " - an Ennerdale resident objects:

I am writing to object to the planning application that has been re-submitted by EastendHomes for the Eric, Treby et al estates.

Firstly I am appalled that these plans have been accepted at all as they are in all affect just a re-hash of the previous plans that were refused and turned down at the last planning meeting.

There have been no significant changes made in these “new” plans that address the objections made from the last plans. There has also been no attempt to consult with any of the tenants on the estates concerned or liaise with any concern residents association to discuss the issues previous raised and that continue to be a part of these “new” plans, apart from a half baked attempt at surveying the tenants with some obscure and loaded questions. The concept around consultation is to hold meetings and talk to tenants before the submission of plans and not afterwards or during as this becomes information giving not consultation so to assume that this pretence at consultation is at all relevant or meaningful is a sham.

Tayside House of Broken Promises

Before Stock Transfer, EastendHomes made a promise to residents that they could provide the money to pay for essential repair & refurbishment work to our homes

They told us cross-subsidy, which is money from any new homes built on estates, would only be needed to pay for general 'environmental' improvements such as lighting and landscaping

Since Stock Transfer, EeH has put in planning applications for hundreds of new private flats on estates -

  • British St – 161
  • St Georges – 139
  • Holland - 128
  • Bede - 160
  • Eric & Treby – 129 proposed

Why is this happening? On Eric & Treby Estates, the environmental improvements will cost approx 2million. But EeH now say they need to raise 7million. Did EeH get its sums wrong? Where is the money they promised to invest in our estates?

Why is Tower Hamlets Council allowing EastendHomes to break the promises made to residents in the offer documents and on the web site?

What we were consulted on....

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