SHAC@OHG was formed to campaign for a better deal for tenants and residents of this giant landlord. The primary improvements needed relate to repairs and maintenance, genuine tenant and resident engagement, fair rents and service charges, fire safety including addressing the cladding scandal, and the right to transfer.
Merger with Riverside
OHG is due to become a subsidiary of Riverside Housing Group based in the North West.
We understand that there will be no ballot on the forthcoming OHG / Riverside merger, so residents will not be given a choice over whether the merger should take place.
MP Apsana Begum has written on behalf of OHG tenants, residents and workers demanding that OHG commits to holding a binding ballot. The letters were sent to OHG Chief Executive Richard Hill and Housing Minister Michael Gove.
SHAC is also filling the gap by balloting tenants and residents on a range of options for the future of their homes. You can complete the ballot here.
Riverside Housing Group – A Shocking Insight
The nature of Riverside has been clearly exposed by a leak of internal documents about the behaviour of the board and executive. We have posted the following two articles from the material sent:
- Riverside Leads United Front Against Tenants and Residents
- Riverside Hid Gas Safety Breach from Regulator
‘One Housing Group Guilty’ Protest
See our video below of a joint protest by tenants and workers outside OHG head office in December 2020.
Demonstration outside OHG headquarters by tenants and workers, 4th December 2020
Video by Chris Reeves of Platform Films. See more images of the demo here.
Read our articles on OHG:
- One Housing Group records financial losses and passes the buck for its failings
- Victory as SHAC campaign forces OHG to fix building faults at London Plane House
- OHG Service Charge Review
- Hillview TRA history of struggle against the landlord’s attempts to shut them down
- Four Hundred Angry Residents on the fire safety and cladding scandal.
This was a lovely blog post
LikeLike