Letters to the Editor 22 June 2007. Dear Editor, Your article “Housing trust sexuality quiz” (June 15) raises serious issues, and shows that lessons are not learned. Paddington Churches Housing Association/Genesis did this exercise a year ago, and asked tenants for their religion. Again, this ended up on Liberty’s desk and they expressed grave reservations. They suggested that it was likely that the survey breached the regulations of the professional body, the Market Research Association. Since both PCHA and Peabody are members of the G15 group of housing associations, there is not the slightest likelihood that they do not share issues of mutual importance. Over a year ago, the important industry magazine, Inside Housing, reported that housing associations were being called upon to co-operate with the terrorist branches of the security services, and this probably lies at the base of the whole business. Do any of these allegedly professional bodies honestly imagine that an actual terrorist, if he were to be a Muslim, when asked for his religion, would actually speak the truth? Peabody and PCHA should stick to their core business. They should have an annual tenants satisfaction survey which is both universal and independently run, and use the results to improve their deplorable service. Yours sincerely, Peter Rutherford.   Back to the IFGR web site Back to the WHHA/Pathmeads site