As a leaseholder I know first hand the frustration with Lambeth housing services: incorrect service charges, rip-off maintenance charges, and terrible service levels.
Lambeth housing is in melt down. Every leaseholder has their own horror story to tell. People are angry and frustrated at how they are being treated.
Nearly 200 of us attended the Leaseholder forum hoping to get answers on why things were such a mess and what was being done to fix the problems.
Nothing was said at the meeting to give us confidence that our problems will be fixed and that the something is being done to stop the rot.
The housing service is in melt down but the message coming from the Labour led Town Hall is that nobody is responsible.
This is utter rubbish. The housing service is in a mess because of bad policies and incompetent management. Responsibility sits with the Labour elected administration that has run Lambeth housing into the ground.
If our elected officials are unable to protect our interests and won’t accept responsibility when things go wrong they don’t deserve to represent us.
As a Conservative council candidate I want to do things differently. Firstly, local Conservatives across Lambeth are working with leaseholders to help resolve their specific problems. Secondly if elected, me and the my fellow council candidates (Bettie Morton and Andrew Tuson) and the parliamentary candidate Kemi Adegoke will continue our campaign for reforms to ensure that Herne Hill leaseholders stop getting ripped off by the Labour led council.
Please sign our petition here in support of Lambeth Leaseholders
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As Lambeth leaseholders tough it out in difficult economic times Lambeth Labour has done nothing to help as many service charges are doubled. At the same time, the National Audit Office slammed the council for “significant weaknesses” in the services it provides.
“As a leaseholder myself I am so angry that the service charge has been doubled,” says Hamish Badenoch. “We get terrible service for our money. Last year I complained about a leaking roof and it took over 9 months before someone came to fix it. I try to complain but nobody EVER does anything. And now they are doubling our charges”
This problem has been caused by Labour Lambeth’s complete mismanagement of housing policy. As the Audit report states, “Housing management costs are higher than average but there is no evidence to show this is the result of providing better services than other authorities.”
The housing repairs system comes in for heavy criticism—appointments are broken, non-essential repairs have been stopped and tenants frequently have to go to court before action is taken.
The local Conservative Action Team wants to end incompetence and rip-off service charges. They will:
If you have a leaseholder horror story let us know and we will take your complaint to the council, or just sign our petition for a freeze in leaseholder charges (see campaign’s page)
[13th August Update: The South London Press has an update on the story. Please click here for more details.]
For a summary of the Audit commission report on the state of housing service in Lambeth see:
You can sign our petition on this issue here: http://www.myhernehill.com/campaigns/leaseholders/