Council Agrees To Close ALMO

A London council has approved plans to close its arm’s-length management organisation and manage its 17,000 homes in house. Cabinet members at Hammersmith and Fulham Council last week agreed to close H&F Homes after a ballot of tenants showed that 70 per cent of those who responded wanted to return to the council. The ALMO will be replaced by a single housing and regeneration department, which is expected to save taxpayers more than £400,000 a year. H&F Homes was set up in 2004, and is due to complete its decent homes programme in March. The ALMO will close in April. Read more on the H&F website.