Tenants Serve Transfer Notice on Council

Council tenants on two estates facing demolition have served notice of plans to transfer the homes into community ownership, as they seek to halt a controversial £8bn regeneration scheme. The regeneration of the area surrounding the Earls Court Exhibition Centre by developer Capco has been opposed by residents of nearby West Kensington and Gibbs Green estates since it was first approved in 2011. The tenants have notified the council of their intention to transfer the homes into community ownership under Section 34 of the Housing Act. The legislation forces councils to cooperate with tenants’ stock transfer requests. However, under the rules, the council can object to ministers if it “can show clear evidence of a significant detrimental effect on the local authority’s ability to provide housing”. Read more on Inside Housing.