ALMO Goes Back In-House

High Peak Borough Council (HPBC) is to take back direct control of its housing stock from its ALMO, High Peak Community Housing (HPCH).  HPCH has run the council's 4,100 homes, including repairs, lettings and rent collection, since 2004.  Changes to funding mean that extra cash is no longer available and running a separate company involves unnecessary administration costs and duplication, the council has claimed.  Councillors have been recommended to approve bringing the management of the housing stock back within the direct control of the council after officers reported that only nine percent of tenants who responded to a consultation process were in favour of retaining HPCH. Seventy-nine percent of residents voted in favour of the move back to the council.  Read more on the HPBC website.