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Landlord is failing tenants

• If Community Housing Group (CHG) chief executive Mick Sweeney was really concerned about the legal costs of this action, he would have taken the opportunity to meet with Councillor Raj Chada, Camden Council’s Chair of Housing at the time, now its Leader (A waste of tenants’ money, February 2).

Councillor Chada had offered to act as a mediator between CHG and Shortlife Community Housing (SCH), with a view to halting any further legal costs. Regrettably, Mr Sweeney failed to attend the meeting with no apologies given. This is indicative of CHG’s style of management.
I believe there is a huge amount of dissatisfaction amongst CHG tenants. The organisation fails to carry out essential repairs to many of its properties and estates within a reasonable period of time. Routine maintenance and repairs on the estate where I live have frequently been left unattended for years.
A group of CHG shareholders and tenants have been trying for many years to bring about a more open and democratic style of management with elected tenant representatives on the committee of CHG. It was only a year or so ago that a group of CHG shareholders, one of whom was the then Mayor of Camden, Councillor Harriet Garland, tabled a motion calling for the resignation of the Chief Executive and Management Committee of CHG. This was prompted by CHG’s arbitrary dismissal of the tenants’ forum, which served as the voice of tenants, from their board of management.
Perhaps if CHG were more open and transparent in their dealings with tenants and tenant groups, the dispute between CHG and SCH could have been resolved without recourse to legal action.
An independent website for CHG tenants is now operating www.chgtenants.com.
Keith Bird
Manley Street
NW1
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