Councillors in Islington have rejected calls for a referendum on abolishing its ALMO, Homes for Islington. At a council meeting last week Terry Stacy, leader of the Liberal Democrat group, called for tenants to be balloted on closing the ALMO. He said bringing the management of the authority’s 29,500 homes in house would save £1 million. The move was rejected, with Labour’s James Murray, cabinet member for housing, putting forward an amendment removing the explicit call for a referendum of tenants. Instead the council has agreed to ‘review the future for housing management beginning in 2011 by involving the views of all tenants, leaseholders and staff’. Mr Murray denied bringing the ALMO back in house will save £1 million, saying the saving would be half that. Find the story on Inside Housing.
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