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 [...]
Gas Safety Certificates
Misleading omissions, council properties and drugs
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 [...]
Time to go follow the money
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
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 [...]
Half Truths by Dr Priest at Overview & Scrutiny Committee? You decide
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
EXCLUSIVE 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 [...]
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 [...]