Deborah Upton

East Kent Housing “run on servers and software which are NOT compliant with the most basic data safety standards”

May 31, 2020 // 1 Comment

“As I understand it East Kent Housing (EKH) is being run from an unsupported two versions owned, obsolete version of Northgate software which is hosted on servers which [...]

Councils in dispute with gas contractor while setting a date to transfer East Kent Housing services to councils

April 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

On the 13th December 2019, the four chief execs of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet Councils became the directors of East Kent Housing. The Shepwayvox [...]

Karma Comes Around For Mark Anderson?

March 15, 2020 // 2 Comments

Before he joined East Kent Housing (EKH), Mark Anderson (pictured) former Director of Property, had according to his Linkedin page, seventeen jobs between 1985 and June 2016. [...]

Part 3: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Financial Irregularities

January 4, 2020 // 4 Comments

In this final piece (for now) we look at at very specific part of the time line in the P & R potential £1.5 million pound fraud which came about as a result of failings [...]

Ross House: Five Fire Risk Assessments And Still Significant Issues Remain

December 27, 2019 // 2 Comments

Ross House, Ross Way, Folkestone is home to 43 people. Since Folkestone & Hythe District Council began housing people there in April 2018, five fire risk assessments have [...]

EKH Chief Exec Deborah Upton Has Stepped Down

December 23, 2019 // 13 Comments

Updated: 16:40 East Kent Housing’s Chief Executive Deborah Upton (pictured) has stepped down from her role following a string of failures by the organisation. The action [...]

The Long Read: The Blame Game

December 21, 2019 // 3 Comments

In two reports, the HQN Report (not yet seen by Cllrs) commissioned by East Kent Housing (EKH); and the Pennington Report commissioned by the four Councils, evidence of EKH [...]

The Long Read: Penny Wise And Pound Foolish

December 14, 2019 // 4 Comments

The Pennington Report – a report into the failings of East Kent Housing and the four Councils of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet – makes it [...]

COUNCILS TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO DISMISS EAST KENT HOUSING BOARD

December 12, 2019 // 22 Comments

The Four Councils who own East Kent Housing, Dover Canterbury, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet have today (12/12/19) dismissed the East Kent Housing Board and taken direct [...]

Rewarding Failure with a Ten Grand Pay Rise.

December 4, 2019 // 3 Comments

Deborah Josephine Upton (pictured), Chief Executive of East Kent Housing (EKH) was awarded a nine thousand six hundred and eighteen (£9,618) pound pay rise in 2018/19. Since [...]

Ross House: A Tissue of Lies

December 1, 2019 // 2 Comments

Pursuant to section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 and the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, Ross House was not fire compliant when Folkestone & Hythe [...]

Ross House Is A “Tinderbox” and All Tenants Must Be Moved Immediately

November 8, 2019 // 1 Comment

All tenants living in Ross House should be moved out immediately as it is a “tinderbox”, according to a number of sources across mutliple organisations. This is [...]

Ross House not fire compliant since purchase for £1.8 million in April 2018

November 4, 2019 // 3 Comments

Updated: 08:21 5th Nov 2019 In Feb 2018, two months prior to purchasing Ross House, Folkestone, East Kent Audit Partnership slammed fire safety at East Kent Housing managed [...]

Conversion of Ross House “was total shit” and “sub standard” yet Council paid £1.8 million

November 2, 2019 // 3 Comments

Updated 4th Nov 10:35 Cllr Tim Prater has made candid public statements about the conversion of Ross House, Ross Way into 16 flats, owned by the Council since April 2018, [...]

Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet Council Tenants suffered Carbon Monoxide poisoning and hospitalised during failed P & R contract

October 21, 2019 // 9 Comments

Exclusive – Updated 22/10/19 – 08:30am The Shepwayvox Team has acquired a growing body of evidence that tenants living in the 17,000 plus properties owned by the [...]

The End Of The Beginning For East Kent Housing

October 16, 2019 // 13 Comments

So the beginning ends. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet has agreed in principal to withdraw from East Kent Housing and begin a consultation process with all [...]

Slum Landlord, Double Payments, Overcharging and Killing Pensioners

October 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

Double payments, overcharging, lack of adherence to legislation and a failure to manage the P & R contract, and all the issues raised in Appendix 3: Audit report for East [...]

EKH rocked by safety issues looks set for closure after two of its owner councils voted to take housing stock back in-house

October 11, 2019 // 6 Comments

After more than a year of investigating by the Shepwayvox Team, East Kent Housing looks like it may have run its course after eight years of existence. On Wednesday 9th Oct [...]

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Deborah Upton

East Kent Housing “run on servers and software which are NOT compliant with the most basic data safety standards”

Karma Comes Around For Mark Anderson?

Part 3: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Financial Irregularities

Ross House: Five Fire Risk Assessments And Still Significant Issues Remain

EKH Chief Exec Deborah Upton Has Stepped Down

The Long Read: The Blame Game

COUNCILS TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO DISMISS EAST KENT HOUSING BOARD

Rewarding Failure with a Ten Grand Pay Rise.

Ross House Is A “Tinderbox” and All Tenants Must Be Moved Immediately

Ross House not fire compliant since purchase for £1.8 million in April 2018

Conversion of Ross House “was total shit” and “sub standard” yet Council paid £1.8 million

For your eyes only: Appendix 3 Audit report for East Kent Housing (EKH) – tenant health and safety

East Kent Housing: Major failings and historic mismanagement rewarded with £110,000 a year

Misleading omissions, council properties and drugs

New gas safety & maintenance contractor selected but should Deborah Upton continue to lead East Kent Housing?

P & R closes down, but we are NOT out of the woods yet.

Part 2: East Kent Councils overcharged £1.5 million by Gas Contractor P & R.