East Kent Housing Staff And Services Set To Transfer To Councils

The staff and the services of a scandal-hit social housing firm are set to transfer to the four councils that own it across Kent on September 30. East Kent Housing manages more than 17,000 properties on behalf of councils in Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe, and Thanet. The decision to break it up was made by councillors at all four councils at the start of the year following a consultation with tenants. It was prompted by a series of health and safety failings discovered at some of the properties EKH was managing for the councils. Read more at Kentonline.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/date-set-for-takeover-of-scandal-hit-housing-firm-226241/