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Open House was produced by Tower Hamlets Housing
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Open House Issue 1 - Aug 2001 (PDF 560k)

1. Consultation Begins - picture the future
2. Sue Benjamins looks forward to the challenges ahead
   Editorial - The choice is Yours
3. The choices ahead
   Council loses out in housing finance system
4. Improving the lettings Service
   Our friends in the North?

Open House Issue 2 - Sept 2001 (PDF 500k)

1. Things can't stay the way they are
2. Taking Stock of our housing condition - Government Plans (a decent home for all)
   Editorial Keeping the options open  
3. Councillor David Edgar sets out options for the future
   Residents to decide referenda Stage Two
4. Views of the borough-wide compact group
   Borough-wide Tenant Compact Election results

Open House Issue 3 - Oct 2001 (PDF 940k)

1. Estate Referendum Proposals Revealed
2. Tenants apply for Stepney Homes - Aiming to make the right moves
   Editorial: real opportunity - details of 5 Drop-in surgeries
3. Looking at the options - your questions answered
   What will the choices be for tenants?
   Getting unbiased advice for residents
4. New Tenant Compact Chair sets out his role for residents
   send YOUR views to CPT 20 Three Colt St. Limehouse E14 8HJ
5. Who will you be voting with? - first proposals for referendum
   Areas 1-25
6. Areas 26-47 & map
7. Areas 48-49 & map
8. Areas 50-83

Open House Issue 4 - Nov 2001 (PDF 730k)

1. Take Your Time on Housing Choice
2. Your Letters
   Free and Independent advice from PPCR 0800 317 066(English) 0800 587 4559 (bengali)
   Editorial - more drop-in details
3. New finance rules will not help Tower Hamlets, says leader of the Council
4. Drop in sessions answer tenants' concerns
   Average rents at 31st March 2003

Open House Issue 5 - Dec 2001 (PDF 730k)

1. Countdown to the referendum
   Housing Minister comes to Tower Hamlets
2. Your letter(s)
   Your questions answered
   Editorial facing £590m shortfall comments by councillors David Edgar and Martin Young & more drop in details
3. Leasholders Councillor Martin Young speaks out
   Leaseholder enfranchisement explained (contact Denise Kent on 020 7364 7014
4. 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)

1. Don't slam the door on the Future
   Antrim House and Cavan House bite the dust (picture)
2. A letter from a leaseholder
   How the referedum will work
   Editorial - Don't miss out + 6 Drop in surgeries including 4 by PPCR
3. Your chance to tell the council what you want - Opinions from 11 individuals 7 of whom were pictured
4. 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
5. Referendum areas confirmed 1 Aberfeldy -25 Lakeview / Lanfranc
6. Areas 26 West Leopold / Burdett - 48 Granby / Hereford plus part of map
7. Rest of map plus 49 Holland & 50 Mansford
8. Areas 51 Newling - 88 East Leopold

Open House Issue 7 - Jun 2002 (PDF 500k)

1. A big YES to housing choice stage 2
   1-94 Cotall St to be demolished
2. 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
3. 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
4. New law ahead for tenants?
   Your letters
   The right way to have your say
5. How Tenants voted :
   Aberfeldy - Greenways
6. Holland - Withy House
7. How Leaseholders voted:
   Aberfeldy - Bemer
8. Birchfield - Crossways
9. Cubitt Town - Horwood
10. Island Gardens - Millwall
11. Newling - Sidney Street North
12. Sidney Street South - Withy House

Open House Issue 8 - Aug 2002 (PDF 800k)

1. No hope for borrowing on council housing repairs - government plans for councils will not help Tower Hamlets
2. 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
3. Resource Centre opens
   New Community Landlord takes shape - EastEndHomes
4. Residents keep PPCR on board for independent Housing Choice advice
   (Borough-wide) Compact Group election results

Open House Issue 9 - Nov 2002 (PDF 900k)

1. Housing report shows need for major repairs
   80% of council homes need investment to meet 'decent homes' standard
2. Housing Choice Stage 2 - estates start on the path to new investment
3. Familiar face in a new role
   Facing up to repairs challange
   east end HOMES Plansfor community-led landlord
4. Options for the future - your Housing Choice questions answered
   Resources galore for borough tenants

Open House Issue 10 - Feb 2003 (PDF 600k)

1. First residents make their choice
   Five estates now have a social lanlord to work with on plans for their homes
   EastEndHomes - work gets underway
2. Steering groups look to the future
   Editorial - Make a difference
3. Borough residents take the opportunity to get involved in their estate steering groups
   Praise for Housing Choice
   What happens at Stage 3?
4. Your important questions answered
   What are the options for tenant management?

Open House Issue 11- April 2003 (PDF 366k)

1. Goverment plans mean change ahead
   Improvements are smashing - picture of Tarling House demolition
2. Look at what's on offer - THCH - Guinness
3. what's on offer - Peabody Trust
   Editorial - check out the opportunities
4. What's on offer - Toynbee HA
   Residents set the pace

Open house Issue 12 - July 2003 (PDF 149k)

1. Housing Choice shifts up a gear
   Four more steering groups covering eight estates have chosen a preferred partner
   MP opens Wyn Garrett Resource Centre
2. Find out more about Housing Choice Landlords
   Spitalfields HA - Swan HA
   Editorial Making a real difference
   Volunteers needed for ARPs
3. Poplar HARCA - BGVPHA
   New interim Director of Housing
4. Protecting your housing rights
   Frequently asked questions
   Change for the better

Open house Issue 13 - September 2003 (PDF 468k)

1. It's your estate keep up-to-date
   A towering success - Crossways Estate
2. Find out more about Housing Coice Landlords
   Old Ford
   Solon
   Editorial: Housing Choice - Check out the benefits
3. Southern Housing Group
   William Sutton Trust
   It's Sanctuary for Ocean
4. Housing Choice: a step by step guide to choosing an RSL
   Sticking their neck out
   Starting out - Mansford Estate
   Columbia Residents make their choice
5. Housing Choice your questions answered
6. One Estate's experience of transfer Minerva
   Crossways consultation shop
   New Leaseholder rights bring new responsibilities

Open house Issue 14 - December 2003 (PDF 317k)

1. Housing Choice is on the right track - a new report
   In the market for information
2. Tackling trouble - what the RSL's Do
   Swan
   EastEndHomes
   Guinness Trust
   BGVPHA
   Editorial: make sure you get your Housing Choice information
3. Housing Choice your questions answered
4. More Estates make their choice
   giving residents the opportunity to have their say

Open house Issue 15 - March 2004 (PDF 336k)

1. 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
2. RSLs working to improve the quality of life for tenants
   Old Ford - Poplar HARCA - Sanctuary - BGVPA
3. Housing Choice
   Your questions answered
4. Leaseholders - Council revises policy on contributions towards repairs
   Guinness information base in Wapping
   Service charges for tenants - see where your money goes