Council tenants in Leeds this week started voting on whether or not they want their homes to go into arm’s-length management – but activists cried foul over the timing of the ballot.

The council proposes to set up six arms-length management organisations to run its stock.

The government has said it will give Leeds £55.4m if the organisations meet Housing Inspectorate best-value criteria.

But pro-council housing campaigners claimed not enough time was given for consultation. Defend Council Housing national co-ordinator Mark Weeks told Housing Today: “Three months ago Leeds council decided to go for this and they are already balloting 70,000 tenants. If it was a stock transfer would they be allowed to go ahead this quickly?”

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Housing Today