Dear Sir,

Are Harlow Council tenants’ being short-changed in respect of
housing repairs? I would suggest they are: Why?

Well the current list of repairs made the responsibility of the tenant
has been increasing over many years and now consists of three pages of
A4 paper with the result that many tenants have not had important
repairs completed due to financial, skill set and health problems.

The sad thing about that is that the majority of tenants’ were not
told of these changes and what is even sadder is that these changes
were not subject to any consultation with the majority of council
tenants. The council as their landlord and therefore responsible for
maintaining the housing stock should be prepared to discuss this
important issue with all tenants and where applicable the current
tenancy agreement adjusted to reflect their concerns.

Therefore, I have asked the council to convene a public meeting to
discuss this important issue. Sadly it appears the council are
reluctant to do so. I asked why and got a press release type of reply
which just insulted my intelligence.

Finally I would ask all council tenants’ to express their views on
this issue through your website and thereby putting pressure on the
council to call a meeting to discuss this important matter.”

Yours

Gary Roberts