East Kent Housing

From Unsafe Homes to a Top-Rated Council Landlord: How the East Kent Housing Scandal Forced Folkestone & Hythe to Rebuild

August 2, 2026 // 1 Comment

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has earned the regulator’s highest consumer grade. It deserves proper credit. But C1 didn’t fall from a clear blue sky. It grew [...]

Double helping of cock ups at last night’s full council

March 29, 2023 // 2 Comments

So it was a cock up, another one, but not the only one on last night’s agenda at the final full Council, before the elections on 4 May 2023. Cllr Keen (Lab) asked her [...]

Unaddressed systemic issues are holding back Council’s development

March 21, 2023 // 5 Comments

This is a guest post I am a Folkestone & Hythe District Council Officer. What is written here is a distallation of my own and other colleagues opinions. All opinion [...]

Part 2 – Damp and Mould – “It’s not lifestyle”.

November 24, 2022 // 2 Comments

Following on from yesterday’s post – Damp and Mould – “It’s not lifestyle” – we follow up today with Part 2. The Shepway Vox Team undertook an [...]

Cllrs need to step up their game understanding council finances.

June 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

In the 10 years Folkestone & Hythe District Council have been publishing their spend data, £179m or 48% of the spend has been on premises related expenditure, as the [...]

Good News: Significant strides made by Council making Council housing safe for tenants

July 27, 2021 // 2 Comments

It’s not often we are able to tell you Folkestone & Hythe District Council are getting something right. But this is one of those rare moments to let you know that [...]

Housing Ombudsman issues call for evidence for an investigation into social landlords’ approach to ‘damp and mould’.

April 14, 2021 // 3 Comments

“The mental and social health effects of dampness and mould should not be underestimated. Damage to decoration from mould or damp staining and the smells associated [...]

Mr Anderson’s evidence at the Grenfell Enquiry

October 13, 2020 // 1 Comment

On the 13th Oct, Mr. Mark Anderson the former Director of Property Services at the now defunct East Kent Housing, gave evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry. He gave evidence for [...]

Former EKH Property Director Mark Anderson to appear before Grenfell Inquiry tomorrow

October 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

Mark Anderson (pictured) will appear before the Grenfell Tower Inquiry tomorrow, 13th Oct between 10am – 16:30. Mark Anderson – the previous Director of [...]

Brave New World of Council Housing in East Kent

October 1, 2020 // 8 Comments

Updated: 07/10/20 – @ 08:00 East Kent Housing is dead, just like that parrot. At midnight (30th Sept) it ceased to be. All its functions and responsibilities have now [...]

East Kent Councils fail to recoup £1.5 million from P & R

September 12, 2020 // 5 Comments

Fear, shame, embarrassment: these brakes no longer apply. Senior officers of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet councils have discovered they can bluster [...]

Part 3: Leaked Spreadsheet Shows Many Outstanding Fire Works Cannot Have Been Completed

August 31, 2020 // 4 Comments

This is a guest post written by East Kent Housing staff and Council Officers from all four councils who own EKH We have provided a spreadsheet of all the outstanding actions [...]

Part 2: The cover up has already begun with the Fire Compliance and Fire Risk Assessments at EKH

August 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

This is a guest post written by East Kent Housing staff and Council Officers from all four councils who own EKH In May 2018, Dame Judith Hackitt presented her report [...]

Part 1: Leaked Fire Safety Report Shows EKH Tenants & Leaseholders Lives Are At Significant Risk

August 27, 2020 // 7 Comments

The number of outstanding actions arising from Fire Risk Assessments which need remedial action to be compliant with current legislation across East Kent Housing managed [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council issue £6.2 million worth of contracts bypassing normal tendering processes

August 9, 2020 // 9 Comments

£6.2 million pounds worth of contracts in 2019/20 were issued by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, using waivers and citing urgency and expediency. In total, 49 [...]

The Long Read: Planning excites passion.

August 1, 2020 // 6 Comments

Planning has always been the hottest of all local government topics. It’s the one most likely to stir the passions of local people and yet no sooner have those passions [...]

EKH spend £3.7 million on Temporary Staff and 146 Gas Safety Checks Outstanding

July 24, 2020 // 1 Comment

Updated: 9.30am 24/04/20 On the 27th May, Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet met over Zoom to discuss Report Number:C/20/06, the East Kent Housing (EKH) Single [...]

Here We Go Again: Gas Safety Issues At East Kent Housing

June 22, 2020 // 4 Comments

Updated 17:00 22/06/20 More sources than the 57 varieties of Heinz have stepped forward and informed the Shepwayvox Team that as of 1st June 2020 there were well in excess [...]

“It’s nothing short of scandalous” as 40,000 plus EKH council tenants data placed at “significant security and operational risk”

June 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

“The servers that the [East Kent Housing] system runs on are due for replacement and the Northgate software is out of support. This poses a significant security and [...]

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