Mid Devon District Council has been charging thousands of social housing tenants the wrong rents for over twenty years in what a government regulator has judged are “serious failings” that have resulted in dozens of evictions. A judgement by the Regulator of Social Housing found that Mid Devon District Council had incorrectly applied the Rent...
Meghan Owen Work and Money Correspondent, BBC London BBC Lorraine Branch is one of the tenants battling the Peabody housing association “We’re treated like peasants. Like we’re not good enough to live in decent homes,” says Lorraine Branch, a tenant on the Nags Head Estate in east London. She is part of a group of...
Exeter City Council housing tenants will be able to take part in a week of activities next week as part of Tenant Focus Week. The information week will run from Monday, 10 March, to Friday, 14 March, with the aim of connecting and communicating with council tenants. Throughout the week, the Council’s housing team will...