Watchdog to examine Kent Councils £370 Million Property Investment Spree
With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is the announcement by [...]
Dover District Council
Why are Cllr Lesley Whybrow & FHDC failing to release air quality data which is relevant to the current pandemic?
High levels of air pollution NO² (Nitrogen Dioxide) is “one of the most important contributors” to deaths from Covid-19, according to research in Europe and the USA. The [...]
Councils in dispute with gas contractor while setting a date to transfer East Kent Housing services to councils
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 [...]
Being Optimistic In These Unprecedented Times.
You’ve gotta love an optimist in these unprecedented times. One such optimist is East Kent Spatial Development Company (EKSDC), – a company you’ve probably [...]
How a doctor who has never seen you can say you’re fit enough to sleep on the streets of Kent
Judges have warned councils against relying on the firm’s advice and overturned decisions determined by its assessments, calling them “irrational” and “tainted” and [...]
More Issues With Landlord Gas Safety Records
It’s been just under four months since Gas Call Services took over the gas heating and hot water repairs and maintenance and once again issues with Landlord Gas Safety [...]
Consultation hardly a resounding success
Not one of the four Councils of East Kent, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe, and Thanet received more than seventeen percent support from tenants and leaseholders [...]
Will Cllr Lesley Whybrow Release The Council’s Emissions Data?
Cllrs Lesley Whybrow (Green) and Tim Prater (Lib Dem) have accepted offers to join Cllr David Monk’s Cabinet. This elevation to a Cabinet position will bring with it a [...]
“We’re Making It Up As We Go Along”
In the last few days, the four Chief Exec’s of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe & Thanet Councils have been meeting with East Kent Housing staff. The four [...]
EKH Chief Exec Deborah Upton Has Stepped Down
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
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
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 [...]
Part 1: Plausible Suspicion of Wrongdoing
A growing number of sources within all four Councils who own East Kent Housing have informed us that all four Chief Executives of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & [...]
Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet Council Tenants suffered Carbon Monoxide poisoning and hospitalised during failed P & R contract
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 [...]
Will Buying Cheap mean Buying Twice?
Updated 08:30am 15/10/19 It’s not just Cllr Stuart Peall (Con) (pictured) Cabinet Member for Enforcement, Regulatory Services, Waste & Building control, at [...]
EKH rocked by safety issues looks set for closure after two of its owner councils voted to take housing stock back in-house
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 [...]
East Kent Housing: Major failings and historic mismanagement rewarded with £110,000 a year
Appendix 3: Audit report for East Kent Housing (EKH) – tenant health and safety is a restricted document, as such it will not be available for the public to see, nor EKH [...]
New gas safety & maintenance contractor selected but should Deborah Upton continue to lead East Kent Housing?
The Governance Manager of East Kent Housing witnessed an East Kent Housing tenant address Deborah Upton, the Chief Executive of East Kent Housing (pictured), about a forged [...]
Further issues of possible non-compliance by East Kent Housing emerge
An East Kent Internal Audit makes clear there are justifiable concerns over the gas safety certificates fiasco. The preliminary findings of the audit into East Kent Housing, [...]
All 4 East Kent Councils paid P & R for fraudulent Gas Safety Certificates
Yesterday -27th June 2019 Dover District Council Governance Committee met and part of the agenda pack at pages 18 and 19 states: Discussions were started with the contractor [...]
The Long Read: All 4 East Kent Chief Executives should resign over Gas Safety Certificate fiasco
All Cllrs of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe & Thanet District Councils ought to bring a motion before their respective full councils regarding the lack of [...]
A tragedy waiting to happen
When land becomes more important than thousands of people’s safety then something is wrong, horribly wrong. On the 6th June 2019 Cllr Tim Prater (pictured below) and [...]
East Kent Councils failing hundreds of tenants over gas safety checks
Hundreds of council tenants lives are being put at significant risk due to their landlords not undertaking compulsory gas safety checks. Hundreds of Council homes owned by [...]
Lack of Transparency: Kent District Cllrs Allowances & Expenses now published annually.
All 12 Councils (not including Medway) in Kent, have elected to publish Cllrs allowances and expenses on an annual basis. There has not been a word about this lack of [...]
Issues with East Kent Housing’s P & R boiler contract?
P & R’ Installation Co Ltd (P & R) £27 million pound contract managed by East Kent Housing for central heating, emergency 24/7 gas and hot water repair [...]