- Empower BMELL Tenants to champion their voices so that they are heard separately to influence policy and shape service delivery
- Dialogue National Housing Federation
- Provide a direct audience with Deputy Mayor of London for Housing
- Provide a direct audience with Council Leaders
- Contribute to co-production of Housing Manifesto for London
BMELL BME Tenants Forum to meet 3/4 times within calendar year
Purpose
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Results
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Engage 50 tenants From BMELL RSL’s to give voice to their views regarding social housing provision and interventions by BMELL members.
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To address priority issues as it relates to BME Tenants in London as determined by themselves.
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Secure audiences with Key Stakeholders responsible for the provision of social housing to influence and shape policy.
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Engage local authority leaders.
Resources
Assigned individual staff members in each BMELL member organisation to coordinate attendance of member representative tenants at BMELL Tenant Forum Meetings.
Interdependencies
- Agreement by BMELL members, plus
- Assigned delegate staff members in each BMELL member organisation responsible to coordinate member representative tenants
- Scheduled dates secured for audience with BMELL Chairs, National Housing Federation, Deputy Mayor of London for Housing, Council Leaders
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Progress on milestones
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Dialogue has begun with Chief Executive Officers with scheduled meetings with BMELL Chairs – February 22 – June 22
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Engaged Valerie Oldfield Chair of the National Housing Federation Tenant Advisory Panel and as group invited BMELL to adopt Together with Tenants Charter – November 21 and March 22
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Scheduled roundtable meeting with Deputy Mayor of London for Housing – Tom Copley – November 22
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Members of the group contributed to London Assembly housing committee about Resident Voice in Housing – 1st February 2023
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Consulted on resident views by Better Social Housing Review panel – October 22