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Avenel Court – a disgrace

Avenel Court – a disgrace
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Regular readers will remember that over two years ago Anchor decided to evict the residents of this Elderly Persons dwelling and sell it.  We know that they have had offers from another Housing Association which they rejected on the grounds it did not give them enough profit.   It is a disgrace that this building, built on public land with public money less than 25 years ago has been left empty all this time. We do not hold front line staff responsible for this.  Michael Wills MP drew our attention recently to the annual report of this Housing Association and the fact the man in charge of it had received £391,000 pay and extensive pension contributions.  The local media were informed but chose not to run the story. The detail is available here.

Your MP wrote to Anchor regarding this disgrace but to date there has been no constructive reply.  Like the bankers, personal greed has overcome common sense in some Housing Associations.  For more information contact Cllr Kevin Small.

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