Tag: National Housing Federation

Complaints Procedures, HA Service Charges, Housing Justice, Housing Law, Housing Ombudsman, Housing Regulation, Peabody Trust, Service Cuts, Tenant & Resident Democracy

Peabody Was Convicted. It Took a Resident to Make it Happen

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By David Wood On 11 August 2026, a representative of Peabody Trust stood in Thames Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to a criminal offence: failing, without reasonable excuse, to provide a leaseholder with a written summary of service charge costs. Peabody was fined £1,000, reduced from £1,500 because of its guilty plea, plus £400 victim… Continue reading Peabody Was Convicted. It Took a Resident to Make it Happen

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The Golden Web

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By Suzanne Muna and Lindsay Bush There is a golden web at the top of the housing association sector. A club whose members are former colleagues and friends from other parts of the sector. The connections they share provide the pathways through which housing associations influence the institutions that fund, scrutinise, and regulate them. Parts… Continue reading The Golden Web