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4 days ago
- Politics
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Cambridge council tenant passed 'from pillar to post' over leak
A council tenant said she had been passed from "pillar to post" trying to get a leak fixed in her home. Lisa Stocker said it took six months to get it repaired, despite regularly reporting the issue to Cambridge City half of council homes in Cambridge do not have up-to date surveys on their conditions and carrying them out could cost up to £500,000, say recent reports. The city council said surveys had not been "consistently prioritised" due to a range of factors, but it hoped to clear the backlog within a year. A report at a council cabinet meeting said inspections were needed at about 3,000 of the city's 7,600 council homes. The homes should be surveyed every five years so the authority can plan investment, prioritise repairs, or identify issues such as damp and the leak, Ms Stocker said she had "bad" damp and mould, forcing her to throw away said: "You get passed from pillar to post, just putting it mildly; they don't know who is doing what."They send a surveyor out; he goes round, has a look and that's the last you see of them."Ms Stocker said the issue had sent her stress and anxiety "through the roof", and questioned if she had to wait until the ceiling fell down for a repair. Cheney Payne, a Liberal Democrat city councillor, said it was one in a "sequence of examples of Labour's complete neglect for their council houses"."The council has a duty to act at as well as a private landlord, but for me as a city council it has a moral obligation," she said."These are some of the most vulnerable people in the city who are paying rent for their council home, so they deserve to know they can go back home to a home that is safe and well."Gerri Bird, Labour cabinet member for housing, said the authority had lost two years due to that, she said, people were cautious to let anyone into their the backlog of homes are surveyed, the council intends to check homes every five years."We hope tenants will let us know if they have problems," she added."We are doing our utmost to make sure they have a decent home and that's something I really want and push for because I am in social housing myself, so I understand how tenants feel if they have a problem and it is not done in time." Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
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North East stories you may have missed this week
A emotional reunion after a pet parrot went missing, two brothers who got caught in a terrifying rip current tell their story and a council struggles to contact about 300 people who had previously reported damp and mould in their are five stories from the north east of England you may have missed this week. How brothers survived rip current surf terror On Saturday 17 May, two brothers got caught in a terrifying rip current at a popular surfing beach in north-east England. Euan, 21, and Andrew, 19, were among the dozens dotting the breaking blue waves at Longsands that hope sharing their experience will save more about what the brothers are advocating for here Council struggling to contact 296 mould-hit homes A council says it is struggling to contact close to 300 people who had previously reported damp and mould in their City Council inherited more than 1,800 reports from management organisation Your Homes Newcastle, which was abolished last the 491 outstanding cases it still had last month, the local authority said it had now attempted to contact each of the residents more about the council's pledge to deal with the backlog in damp and mould here Festival to go ahead after new organiser appointed Investors behind the Lindisfarne Festival in Northumberland have appointed its founder, Conleth Maenpaa, to ensure it goes ahead on the last weekend of decision came after original organiser Wannasee, which was behind numerous festivals in the region, announced it was speaking to liquidators and cancelling other news has been welcomed by ticketholders and businesses, with headliners at the Beal Farm event set to include Armand Van Halen, Doves and The more about the plans for the festival here Lost parrot home after frantic five-day search A pet parrot who only recently started to fly has been reunited with his owners following a frantic five-day an African Grey, who is about five months old, went missing from his home last Thursday, leaving Stephen and Christine Wilkinson Wilkinson said her husband, who has cancer, got her Burt as a companion and they quickly bonded, so it was "total and utter, consuming grief" when he out where Burt turned up here Sting's gift 'future-proofs' kids' access to arts An undisclosed amount of money donated by the singer-songwriter Sting will help sustain programmes for children for the foreseeable future, an arts boss has 73-year-old former Police frontman from Wallsend gifted money to the Baltic Arts Centre in Gateshead but asked that the amount stay chair of trustees Kirsty Lang said the gift was "significant" and would help fund programmes for young people at the venue and provide access to "world class contemporary art to inspire".Read more about how the money will help here Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
