East Kent Housing

Oliver Gordon Davis, the man who sold Ross House to FHDC for £1.8 million.

November 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

The man who sold Ross House to the Council for £1.8 million goes by two names on Companies House website: Oliver Davis Oliver Gordon Davis Oliver (pictured) likes to be [...]

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, [...]

The End Of The Beginning For East Kent Housing

October 16, 2019 // 10 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 [...]

Will Buying Cheap mean Buying Twice?

October 14, 2019 // 8 Comments

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

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 [...]

One fifth of Council Housing stock not fit for purpose

September 13, 2019 // 3 Comments

On the 5th June, 2017 a report to the East Kent Housing (EKH) board (page 99) made it explicitly clear that “the level of non-decent homes currently stood at around [...]

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

September 10, 2019 // 2 Comments

Exclusive: The Shepwayvox Team can now publish the damning report which was restricted from the public and East Kent Housing Tenants. Over the next few days we will be coming [...]

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

September 9, 2019 // 4 Comments

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 [...]

Coming Soon: Proposals for more money for Otterpool Park acquisitions, proposals to purchase Ship Street Gasworks and an EKH tenant consultation.

September 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Coming soon to the council chamber – 16th Oct – are proposals and recommendations to be put to Cabinet. These proposals are to allow further spending on land [...]

Misleading omissions, council properties and drugs

September 7, 2019 // 4 Comments

At 6pm on the 10th June 2019, The East Kent Housing Board convened at Garrity House, Aylesham. Present were the following people :James Queay – Chair, Cllr Trevor [...]

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

September 2, 2019 // 9 Comments

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 [...]

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

July 30, 2019 // 6 Comments

£1,479,000 worth of overcharging by P & R, the contractor who was responsible for the Gas Servicing & Maintenance contract for all four East Kent Council, managed by [...]

Part 1: Is the Chief Executive of East Kent Housing, Deborah Upton, fit for purpose? You decide.

July 29, 2019 // 11 Comments

Deborah Josephine Upton (pictured) has a long history of contracts going pear-shaped on her watch. This has happened while she worked for Medway Council, Circle Housing and [...]

Serious disrepair and safety issues in Folkestone & Hythe District Council housing stock

July 17, 2019 // 6 Comments

“I feel trapped.” “Nobody is listening to me – that’s what it feels like.” “My mental health is going downhill rapidly due to this,” are just some of [...]

Time to go follow the money

July 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

While the Councils of East Kent publish reports on how rubbish East Kent Housing were at administering the P & R Installation Company Ltd contract, let’s not lose [...]

Further issues of possible non-compliance by East Kent Housing emerge

July 3, 2019 // 2 Comments

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, [...]

The Long Read: All 4 East Kent Chief Executives should resign over Gas Safety Certificate fiasco

June 22, 2019 // 9 Comments

All Cllrs of Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe & Thanet District Councils ought to bring a motion before their respective full councils regarding the lack of [...]

Half Truths by Dr Priest at Overview & Scrutiny Committee? You decide

June 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

At last night’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee, Cllr Tim Prater (Lib Dem), Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Green) and Cllr Laura Davison (Lab) did themselves proud by probing [...]

The End for Mr Anderson of East Kent Housing

June 17, 2019 // 8 Comments

Good journalism they say changes things. It has come to pass that the Director of Property Services at East Kent Housing, Mr Mark Anderson (pictured) has lost his job – [...]

A tragedy waiting to happen

June 15, 2019 // 5 Comments

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

June 12, 2019 // 9 Comments

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 [...]

In plain sight: The affects of Austerity in Kent.

May 22, 2019 // 1 Comment

Regardless of where you look Austerity is taking its toll across the County of Kent. Whether it be rent arrears caused by Universal Credit, a lack of transport causing [...]

P & R lose £27 million contract due to overcharging.

April 12, 2019 // 3 Comments

EXCLUSIVE The Shepwayvox Team can exclusively reveal that P & R Installation Company Limited five year £27 million pound gas maintenance and installations contract with [...]

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