Tenant articles

New Housing Minister Esther McVey met housing estate residents in Battersea on 31 July during a visit to a new Wandsworth Council home building scheme that’s providing 57 new council homes for local people to rent.

The Tenants’ Open Day, an annual event in Rotherham, this year became even more important as the Council marked one hundred years of council housing in the borough, and across the country.

Congratulations to Martyn Lund, tenant representative from Kettering Borough Council and representative of the ARCH Tenant Group on the 'See the Person' Campaign following his election as Chair of the Campaign's Tenant Leadership Committee.

Speaking at the recent Local Government Association annual conference on 2 July, Communities Secretary James Brokenshire once again underlined his commitment to deliver a new generation of council housing.

The ARCH Tenants Group held its Annual General Meeting on Monday 17 June and confirmed nominations to the Group and election of the Chair and Vice-Chair for the next two years.

2019 marks 100 years of social housing and West Lancashire Borough Council is asking for help from its tenants to celebrate this anniversary.

Following a recent fire on a private residential block of flats in Barking Riverside, the Government has issued an Advice Note for residents and building owners on the risks arising from balconies on residential buildings, warning that balconies made with combustible materials are a potential source of rapid fire spreading on external walls of residential buildings.

The ARCH Community Champion Award is a special ARCH award to recognise the dedication, willingness, inspiration and devotion that our tenants freely give to others and it is hoped that this can motivate others or give them examples of things that they can do in their own community.

Attendee information is now available for the 2019 ARCH Tenants' Conference

This year’s annual ARCH/NFA Welfare Reform survey is now out for completion.