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Letters to the Editor
We need urgent Genesis
enquiry.
March 25, 2010.
The letter from Bryan Latter,
(Rented homes sale protest is justified, Mar 12),
highlights the scandal surrounding the loss of
social housing. But things are even worse.
Genesis Housing Group, the central
player, owes £1.2B, and is paying out in
interest payments £125,000 per day.
This money comes principally from
tenants's rent, and explains our appalling standard
of service and maintenance. It also explains why
Genesis, Paddington Churches Housing Association,
sells at auction virtually any flat that comes
empty. This is no solution to a problem which
arises largely from their borrowing on a bond issue
£250m at the rate of 6%.
Why are they borrowing all
this?
To add to their current mountain of
boxy, little flats which they cannot sell. Its
regulator, now the Tenant Services Authority, must,
as a matter of extreme urgency, set up an open
enquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Rutherford,
Independent Federation of Genesis
Residents.
http://www.ifgr.org.uk
http://www.whhashortlife.co.uk
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