HARINGEY LEASE HOLDERS ASSOCIATION

The HLA was founded in 2000 as a result of the need for a formally constituted group to be included in the then Housing Management Board.Since then the association has seen some notable successes but has also had its share of vicissitudes. The HLA has always been a significant, even pioneering, leaseholder association and what happens here in Haringey is closely watched across London and even the country. We lost a very high-profile and hugely expensive case against the council in 2004 and our morale was sapped. But 2007 saw a revival in our fortunes as the shadow cast over leaseholders by the then up-coming Decent Homes Programme galvanised our latent energies. We succeeded in gaining a comprehensive database of our members for the first time, updated our constitution, brought in over 200 paying members, forced policy changes on windows and digital aerials and were all set to get our previous advice centre up and running again. Then the storm of internal strife hit and we ended up..

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