Councillor Nancy Jirira

Housing Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 12th November, 2024 6.30 pm

The Housing Scrutiny Committee noted updates on the Housing Transformation Programme, anti-social behaviour (ASB) policy, rough sleeping services review, estate parking strategy, and homelessness scrutiny panel actions. It also reviewed a report from the Cabinet Member for Better Homes. It was agreed that the Asset Management Strategy (Cabinet Report) would now be presented at the January 2025 meeting instead of the December 2024 meeting. A deputation on Holmes Road Depot and its direct labour force was received from Alice Brown, Climate Emergency, who expressed concern about the lack of publicly available data on the amount of work done by the direct labour force compared to contractors and subcontractors. Brown argued for greater transparency in procurement processes to tackle the climate emergency effectively.

Standards Committee - Monday, 21st October, 2024 6.30 pm

The meeting on 21 October 2024 was of the Standards Committee. The agenda included a range of topics relating to standards and conduct of councillors at Camden Council. The committee were scheduled to receive a report on complaints about councillors in 2023-24, agree the categories of Statutory Disclosable Pecuniary Interests for which a dispensation could be granted and review proposed changes to the Register of Interests form.

Council - Monday, 14th October, 2024 7.00 pm

Housing Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 7th October, 2024 6.30 pm

The Housing Scrutiny Committee received an update from officers on the Regulator of Social Housing's Tenant Satisfaction Measures and noted that Camden's figures for anti-social behaviour were higher than in other local authorities because the Council allowed tenants to self-identify as having been victims of it. The committee also discussed housing repairs and capital works and noted the progress being made. Finally, the committee considered the Council's response to the recent report of the Cabinet Adviser on Improving Services to Camden Leaseholders and Advocating for Leaseholders and noted the measures being taken to improve services for leaseholders.

Hampstead District Management Committee - Thursday, 12th September, 2024 6.30 pm