Post in Council homes trashed

Mar 28 19:19 UTC

If you contact  your ward councillor they;ll explain the system to you. You
could also ask them if they have any solutions, improvements that would be
politically viable?

Kathleen

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To: "Kathleen.McMullen" <kathleen.mcmullen@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: [BH-Issues] Council homes trashed

> Reading the article and then the comments certainly made me think about my
> assumption that Brighton and Hove residents were more tolerant than
> elsewhere in this country.
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> The article did not mention if the clear up was going to be paid for by
tax
> payers or if an insurance claim could be made. Does anyone know if there
is
> any form of insurance that could be part of the council rent ?
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> David Ruffett
> Manufacturing Planning Systems Manager
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> Does this situation demonstrate that the council as provider of housing
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> difficult-to-house tenants is not up to the job of providing the required
> services: support for addicts & the mentally ill, in accommodation where
> support services as opposed to security is in place?
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> http://www.theargus.co.uk/display.var.2149844.0.0.php?utag=20747
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> Rather than an enquiry into this particular case, I think scrutiny of
> council housing provision in its entirety is needed, locally. If homeless
> addicts are placed in a priority category on the housing list, & provided
> with good accommodation which they then trash, not only is this costly,
> financially and socially, it deprives others of the housing, & still
leaves
> the council with the problem of housing problematic individuals if they
are
> evicted & become homeless again. This bundle of problems is complicated by
> the council having to be both provider, landlord and regulator; not help
> either by the very low council rents.
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> Kathleen
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> Kathleen mcmullen
> BN3 1JU, Brighton &amp; Hove
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