| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Petition Against the Wheelie Bins - how to reduce your waste | |
| Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
| Date/Time: | 12/12/14 19:47:00 |
| In the case of the West Middlesex I would respectfully suggest that Councillor Curran, as Leader of the Council and as the relevant ward councillor, might wish to begin by contacting Notting Hill Housing Trust, the social landlord managing the estate, to remind them of their responsibilities. As a tenant of NHHT my feeling is that its officers lack the training and in many cases the basic common sense to deal proactively with any problem falling outside the remit of their specific and very narrow brief. By way of an example we recently received a communication from NHHT advising us that we were underpaying our rent by 1p (one pence) per week, and thereby falling into arrears. The tone of the communication was threatening, and suggested an assumption that this was the result of some deliberate act of avoidance on our part rather than a very simple and rather minor oversight. They are not trained to differentiate between a case such as ours and that of somebody who routinely fails to meet their commitments. These same people installed some lockers on our estate some six months or so ago for us to store our bicycles, but they have as yet declined to give us the keys to access them because apparently to do so would be a "security risk". In all probability NHHT officers visiting the West Middlesex (usually to steal our doormats and shoes on account of them being a "fire hazard") have not yet been told that the settees and wardrobes strewn around the estate are not actually supposed to be there and therefore think they are an integral part of the natural street scene. If Councillor Curran wants the help of his long-suffering constituents in bringing these issues to the landlord's attention I am sure he will have no shortage of volunteers. |