ELECTED COMMITTE MEMBER'S OF A TENANT AND RESIDENT ASSOCITION

9-Sep-2010 12:06 pm

No they have no been booty.  I understand what is being done is bad practice.  Due to the fact no Constitution nor a Code of Conduct signed.

9-Sep-2010 9:10 pm

To avoid faffing around - if you are with a HA, contact a Board Member to bring the matter to their attention and for their action - if they do not correct then they risk failing regulatory compliance, which they will not wish to do. - if you are with a LA, go straight to the Head of Housing with the same enquiry (you could go to thier 'Board' but the Councillor will most likely just contact the Head of Housing anyway so you will have saved some time - plus you can go to the Councillor if you do not get what is required from the Head of Housing.)

Alternatively - and always a good place to start - speak to the people concerned to find out why the meetings are being conducted this way, then speak to whoever services the meeting or leads the RI function to see if they are aware and can correct. You then have the top people to go to if these approaches fail.

4-Oct-2010 12:00 pm

I agree with you William we been trying since December, 2008 and promise after promise broken then in a meeting in March, 2010 we voted to meeting the Board in June, 2010 well it came and well and we still pushing to get into see them.  I know what I like to call the people sitting on these board's not worth the paper written on and now our Housing Association using co-regulation has a weapon not to see them.  We proof in a case last year that staff under a complaint was breaches the codes and maladminstration we still awaiting for the board to apologies to us.

4-Oct-2010 12:11 pm

I agree with you Kass - we was conned believe that Resident Board Members would/could bring to the attend the Resident's concerns - i.e. ASB system, Complaint, Major Repairs, Repair, NOT WORKING AND RESIDENT WITH NO EVIDENT CANNOT MAKE A COMPLAINT AND IN COMPLAINTS MANAGEMENT 99 PER CENT OF THE CASE TAKES THE MANAGEMENT/STAFF SIDE and the Complaints System Stage three with those nodding dog's resident's and Managerment/Board never going to come down on your side.  Why do not these Resident's Chair Board Member's step down.  I know I would of done.  More than likely never had a title and all they are is nodding heads/dog's/horse's.

One Tenant one Vote put the People/Resident's in them seat's who know what is going on and get them lazy staff and management doing a job of work for  the pay.

We need someone in the know to set up a Resident Champion Group for the Resident's with no government funding.

Go and look at "The Sheltering Homes UK" a pure organsation that people can trust

4-Oct-2010 4:24 pm

ivor williams,

when someone says politicians are corrupt does not mean every single one of them is corrupt.  And if you are a politicians and you take an offence at that as being direct at you personally can only mean, whehter you are corrupt of not yourself, it is not going to change what voters feel about politiciians. 

Well, it's exactly the same with social housing. 

4-Oct-2010 4:56 pm

Kass I do not understand what you are trying to say, are you saying because I have been elected to my broad, and because I have a HA which tries to do its best for its tenants I most be corrupt in some way, or because I find it upsetting to be called a noddy dog/ horse that I should not take it personally I'am not a politician, just a tenant who believes I  should have some say in the management of the home I live in I have not sold out my fellow tenants for a title as some of the posters on here think board members do, I get no special treatment for being a board member and i treat all tenants as my equal, so once again do not call all tenant board members nodding dogs/horses please.

4-Oct-2010 5:29 pm

Kass You Have still not answered my question do you believe I'am corrupt, or could I be just upsetted in being called a nodding dog/horse.

4-Oct-2010 8:56 pm

I see what you are trying to do, no I have not called him a bully, but I did say to him not to throw his toys out of the pram  when we would not do what he wanted the board to do, no I have never lied or simply kept quiet to protect my organisation, when they have never in all my time on the board tried to hurt the tenants, as i have said not all HA are the same you have had a bad time with your one.

4-Oct-2010 10:39 pm

Ivor williams,

all the ceos who have been made to leave their jobs, all housing staff of have been sacked for being racist or worse, have been all the time telling their customers that they were not bullies or racists or whatever, only to be found out later.  If even that does not answer your question ask me again.

5-Oct-2010 8:32 am

Ivor - take my advice and don't waste your time trying to get a coherent, reasoned and direct response from Kass for any questions. you will not get them.

full credit to you for taking part as a member of a board, a (mostly) thankless task which you are sadly condemned for as no matter what you do you cannot please all the people all the time. do not get disheartened by the "name callers" alas when someone has had a bad experience it will taint their perception.