Council tenants in Stevenage are to begin a campaign in a bid to keep their ALMO from returning in-house to the council. Tenants claim the local authority is planning to bring ALMO Stevenage Homes, set up in 2006, back in house, but say they haven't been "properly consulted" and haven't been given access to independent advice. The council says it has informed all its tenants about the 'Housing Options Appraisal Project' - to assess whether to keep or take in the ALMO - through the tenants magazine. However, the Federation of Stevenage Tenants and Associations (FOSTA) claims the council was planning to issue tenants with "a very inaccurate and misleading draft letter and draft Housing Options Appraisal Survey", through the magazine. It said the editorial panel was given less than 24 hours to respond to the "inaccuracies" which it has. Read more on 24dash.
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