Regulator of Social Housing

Overview & Scrutiny: Retrofitting, Housing, Fuel Poverty and a dash of hypocrisy

January 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

Housing, housing, housing, it’s all about housing. On the agenda at the Overview & Scrutiny Committee held on the 17 Jan 2023 was Retrofitting Council homes in the [...]

Private Rented Sector: Damp & Mould: “It’s not lifestyle”

December 3, 2022 // 4 Comments

The similarities in this case of damp and mould are so striking to the one which took the life of the two year old Awaal Ishak, we just had to write about it. Tina is a mum [...]

Part 3 – Damp and Mould – “It’s not lifestyle”.

November 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

Like an artist’s afterthought on a brick canvas, the stains make clear there are serious issues with Council owned homes. It can be seen on properties in New Romney, [...]

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 [...]

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

November 23, 2022 // 5 Comments

Back in Oct 2021, The Housing Ombudsman released a special spotlight report addressing the issue of damp and mould, called “Spotlight on: Damp and mould. It’s not [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

More Issues With Landlord Gas Safety Records

February 25, 2020 // 6 Comments

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

February 10, 2020 // 4 Comments

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 [...]

Council’s Fire Insurance under Scrutiny and Leaseholders Ignored.

January 25, 2020 // 1 Comment

Exclusive Zurich Municipal (ZM) provides insurance cover for Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s housing stock. It would appear the Council failed to inform ZM [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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