A London council is taking its arm’s-length management organisation back in house with the hope of saving more than £5 million. Ealing councillors voted in May last year to bring the service back in house after dropping plans to pass the management of the homes to private companies. The decision followed a consultation with tenants and leaseholders. The ALMO, Ealing Homes, was set up to deliver the council’s decent homes programme, which is expected to finish this month. Changes to Bolton’s ALMO, Bolton at Home, have also gone through this week. The body has become a housing association, taking ownership of the 18,000 homes it previously managed on behalf of the council. It has promised to invest £124 million in improvements over five years. Read more on Inside Housing.
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