Karen Swift

Housing Management (Cabinet) Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 12th February, 2025 5.30 p.m.

The committee approved its Terms of Reference, approved the Recruitment and Remuneration policy for Independent Advisors, noted the Housing Management Performance and Compliance Report, noted the Tenants’ Voice Report, noted the Your Voice, Our Action report, noted the Housing Management Policies Plan and agreed the committee's forward work plan.

Housing & Regeneration Scrutiny Sub Committee - Monday, 2nd December, 2024 6.30 p.m.

The meeting primarily focused on reviewing the progress made since the council took over housing management from Tower Hamlets Homes, examining tenant satisfaction measures, and analysing the performance of social housing providers. Notably, the meeting featured a discussion on two public interest reports from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, revealing significant shortcomings in the council's handling of homelessness cases.

Cabinet - Wednesday, 27th November, 2024 5.30 p.m.

The Cabinet of Tower Hamlets Council made a number of decisions at its meeting, including approving the continuation of business rates pooling arrangements with seven other London Boroughs, the adoption of a new Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, and a new Substance Misuse Strategy. The Cabinet also approved plans to create a new nursery at Stepney Greencoat CE Primary School[^2] and to make a £1.5 million investment in leisure facilities across the borough. The Cabinet agreed to defer a decision on an application from The Roman Road Neighbourhood Forum to formally designate the area as a neighbourhood planning area.

Cabinet - Wednesday, 11th September, 2024 5.30 p.m.

The meeting agreed changes to waste collection policies in the borough, approved new capital spending to improve leisure facilities and discussed a range of policy and strategic updates.

Cabinet - Wednesday, 10th July, 2024 5.30 p.m.

The Cabinet noted the council's provisional financial outturn for 2023-24, reviewed the Quarter 4 performance report, and approved the revised Homelessness Accommodation Placement Policy. The Cabinet also approved a procurement transformation paper intended to address a history of failures in council procurement.