Council Decides To Retain ALMO

Lambeth Council will retain its ALMO after a consultation on its future. In April 2010 Labour councillors told Lambeth Living it must improve or face closure following complaints about the quality of repairs and the time taken to re-let empty homes. The council set up a housing commission in February to explore co-operative housing management models and find ways to raise £257 million to complete its decent homes work. The commission approved the recommendation that the ALMO - which manages more than 34,000 homes for the council - should continue to provide housing management services up until the end of its current contract in 2014. Read more on Inside Housing.