From 2006 to 2010, I was a councillor for Lee Green ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. During that time, I blogged regularly and in 2009 I won the Tim Garden Award for the Best Blog by a Liberal Democrat Holding Public Office. My blog posts from my term of office are archived here in case they prove of use to former constituents, or to those who share my annoyance with faulty street furniture
I can’t quite believe I’ve left it a week before writing about this, but I’m delighted to say there was an a massive yes vote for a change of landlord by residents on the Leybridge and Newstead estates.
Residents on the Leybridge Court and Newstead Road estates in Lee Green have been working with Broomleigh Housing Association on plans to improve their homes and regenerate their estates. The plans to transfer the homes to the not-for-profit landlord have been put to the vote and the result was an 86% vote in favour by tenants on the estates.
This is an overwhelming vote in favour of change. The Mayor noted the results of the ballot at a meeting last Wednesday night and has asked council officials to begin negotiations with Broomleigh. If all goes to plan, the transfer should take place in June next year.
The transfer will result in new kitchens and bathrooms for tenants and bring to an end years of neglect of these estates. There’ll also be new services like anti-social behaviour wardens. This is really good news and great credit must go to the Tenant & Resident Associations on both estates who kicked off this process and kept pushing for these improvements. I’m really pleased that residents have backed these positive proposals, and we’re really looking forward to working with residents and Broomleigh to make them a reality.
