Karen Swift

Council: Tower Hamlets

Committees: Housing & Regeneration Scrutiny Sub Committee (Officer) Cabinet Housing Management (Cabinet) Sub-Committee (Officer) Audit Committee (Officer)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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Housing Management (Cabinet) Sub-Committee

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.

February 12, 2025
Housing & Regeneration Scrutiny Sub Committee

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.

December 02, 2024
Cabinet

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.

November 27, 2024
Cabinet

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.

September 11, 2024
Cabinet

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.

July 10, 2024

Decisions from Meetings

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Regulator of Social Housing Inspection Outcome

From: Housing Management (Cabinet) Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 30th July, 2025 5.30 p.m. - July 30, 2025

...to note the Regulatory Judgement, progress made since self-referral in October 2024, and the update on the Your Voice, Our Action: Safe Homes, Great Services Improvement Programme.

Recommendations Approved

Your Voice, Our Action: Safe Homes, Great Services Programme Highlight Report

From: Housing Management (Cabinet) Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 30th July, 2025 5.30 p.m. - July 30, 2025

...to note progress on the Your Voice, Our Action – Safe Homes, Great Services Programme, close the Governance workstream, establish new workstreams for Policies and Procedures and Resident Engagement, and undertake a review of progress with findings presented in September.

For Determination

Housing Management Performance and Compliance Report

From: Housing Management (Cabinet) Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 30th July, 2025 5.30 p.m. - July 30, 2025

...to note the housing performance and landlord compliance position as of the end of April 2025 and agree to the outlined actions to address areas where performance targets were not being met.

For Determination

Housing Management Policies Plan

From: Housing Management (Cabinet) Sub-Committee - Wednesday, 30th July, 2025 5.30 p.m. - July 30, 2025

...to approve the Policy Framework and consultation plan, de-scope policies outside the Housing Management Division's remit, and note that the Damp and Mould Policy will be formally approved one month after Awaab's Law implementation.

For Determination