Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Housing association investigating Baroness Uddin's tenancy

The Sunday Times broke the story that the Labour peer Baroness Uddin has claimed £100,000 in parliamentary expenses on a flat in Kent that neighbours say has been unoccupied for years.

Inside Housing explores a different angle. The Baroness is a tenant of Spitalfields Housing Association in Wapping, and the magazine's website reports:

Omar Mapara, chief executive of Spitalfields Housing Association, said the association’s legal team was investigating the case in relation to any possible breach of her tenancy agreement, but would not comment further.
It also quotes the last question she asked in the Lords:

"My Lords, does my noble friend accept that our policy on homeless families impacts greatly on those who are waiting on the list?

"Is she aware that about 25,000 families are on the waiting list in east London? What does her department intend to do about the new housing to be built on the Olympic site to address the need for family housing?"

1 comment:

Howard said...

Systems Thinkers have evidence that the waiting lists are full of people who would never be housed.

Once they are told this they automatically deselect themselves or are happy to be told the truth.

The most vulnerable are housed that meet the strict criteria set by the regime.

See the Article Portsmouth's Owen Buckwell in The Systems Thinking Review .co.uk