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by RICHARD OSLEY
 
Tenants to lobby Parliament over investment for homes

TENANTS are hoping to make a breakthrough in their fight for investment in Camden’s council homes with a lobby of Parliament on Wednesday.
As the battle to convince ministers to release the millions of pounds needed to bring the borough’s housing stock up to decent standards entered its third year, campaigners will join up with tenants from other affected areas of the country at Westminster.
The government has rigidly refused to fund desperately-needed improvements to homes since residents voted against transferring control of their homes to a new independent company known as an Arms-Length Management Organisation (Almo). The proposal was widely regarded by tenants as a shift towards privatisation.
Camden MPs Frank Dobson, a long-term critic of the government’s funding policy, and Glenda Jackson will meet tenants to hear their concerns. It is estimated that Camden is short of £283 million to bring all homes up to scratch.
Lesley Carty, a campaigner for Camden Defend Council Housing, said all residents should turn up to show their support for the lobby. She said: “Let’s make sure Camden tenants are represented in force.”
Housing ministers Yvette Cooper and David Miliband are key targets in the campaign.
In a briefing with the New Journal, Camden’s housing chief Councillor Julian Fulbrook said that the fight for investment would go on.
He said: “Yvette Cooper has said in meetings with us that she recognises the position that Camden is in, that we are in a unique position. We need to see what she means by that and what we can do.”
The lobby is at Central Hall, Westminster, from 12pm to 4pm on Wednesday. Mr Dobson and Ms Jackson will be meeting tenants from Camden between 3pm and 4pm.
 
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