Issue - meetings
Withy House Tenant Management Organisation Termination Notice – outcome of independent assessment
Meeting: 19/12/2018 - Cabinet (Item 6)
Additional documents:
- 6.7a Appendix 1 Withy TMO Assessment Report, item 6
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- Webcast for Withy House Tenant Management Organisation Termination Notice – outcome of independent assessment
Decision:
DECISION
1. To agree the recommendations of the Independent Assessor’s report appended at Appendix 1 to the report. The Independent Assessor recommends that the TMO continue to provide housing services, and that THH and LBTH continue to provide support and monitor the TMOs implementation of the actions identified by the Independent Assessor.
2. To note specifically the independent assessment made with regard to:
§ The service of the Breach Notice served on 3rd June 2016
§ The service of the Termination Notice dated 4th January 2017
§ The suggested further actions detailed in the Approved Assessors report attached as Appendix 1 to this report.
Action by:
ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)
(Divisional Director, Housing and Regeneration (M. Baigent)
(Housing Partnerships Manager (J. Kiwanuka)
Minutes:
Councillor Sirajul Islam, Statutory Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Housing, introduced the report. He explained that, following a proposal to serve a termination notice on Withy House Tenant Management Organisation (TMO), an independent assessment had been undertaken. This review was recommending that the TMO continued to provide housing services and that Tower Hamlets Council and Tower Hamlets Homes should continue to provide support and monitoring.
The Mayor welcomed the report. He thanked officers for their hard work on this and noted that a further audit report on the TMO would be provided at a later date. He agreed the recommendations as set out.
RESOLVED
1. To agree the recommendations of the Independent Assessor’s report appended at Appendix 1 to the report. The Independent Assessor recommends that the TMO continue to provide housing services, and that THH and LBTH continue to provide support and monitor the TMOs implementation of the actions identified by the Independent Assessor.
2. To note specifically the independent assessment made with regard to:
§ The service of the Breach Notice served on 3rd June 2016
§ The service of the Termination Notice dated 4th January 2017
§ The suggested further actions detailed in the Approved Assessors report attached as Appendix 1 to this report.