10.30am agm welcome address michael gelling obe chair of taroe taroe agm 2012
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10.30amAGM Welcome Address
Michael Gelling OBEChair of TAROE
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FIREPHONES
TOILETSPHOTOS
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Thank youDACP
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Thank you
Derby Homes
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Opening remarks by Chair
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Welfare reform and Housing Legislation Changes
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Biggest changes to Welfare of the poor, disadvantaged and venerable since the abolition of the Poor Law by the National Assistance Act 1948
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Direct payments through a national computer system
History of getting this wrong
Child Support AgencyNational Health Service
Air Traffic Control
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Cuts in benefits
Withdrawal of local access points
Necessity of having to have a bank account
Necessity to be able to use a computer
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Payments one month in arrears
Placing people in debt on day one
No appreciation of where people are now
Existing arrearsExisting debt
Existing weekly commitmentsTomorrows crisis
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WHO WILL PICK UP THE PIECES?
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The voluntary, community and none for profit sector is being asked to do more for less and no light at the end of the
tunnel
Is this their role?
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Bedroom Tax
1 spare room £14.00 per week
52 weeks = £728.00 per year
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Additionality(paying for none housing management
functions)
Survey Results from our February Conference
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1. 77% of tenants do not know this happens
2. 65% say they are not involve in such expenditure
3. 96% of tenants say more openness and transparency is needed
4. 91% say should not happen without their consent
5. 98% say that TAROE should campaign on this issue
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We believe that between 0% to 15% of rent is used on additionality
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Up to two months rent
£700
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Shouldn’t landlords be trying to sustain tenancies before committing rental
income to other agency responsibilities
?
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Shouldn’t landlords be reducing the rent or at least redirecting income to
sustain a tenancy and an income stream
Have they lost their way?
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An eviction through no fault of the tenant is a landlord failure
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Housing Associations have reservesthis is prudent
but in some cases reserves amount to £400 a
dwelling!!!!
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What should our next step be?
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4 National Tenant Organisation have developed Tenant Panels paper which promotes tenant
scrutiny
Options for Accountability
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Let us also remember that tenants have the right to and can openly challenge their landlords under this
new scrutiny role
Tenants rents can only be spent on tenant management activities
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What do we do for you our membership to get these
messages across ?
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Attend
ConferencesSeminars
Workshops
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Have regular meetings with
Department for Communities and Local GovernmentHomes and Community AgencyChartered Institute of Housing
National Federation of Housing Associations
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Explain our position to our partners
National Tenant OrganisationsHouseMark
MearsInside Housing
Friends of TAROEand many more stakeholders
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Be assured that we will endeavour to represent your views as best we can in as many places as we
have the opportunity of attending
We are here to help and represent you
Help us to make our future something to look forward to
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Thank you
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News about
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Limited Liability Partnership
Mears and TAROE
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23 Employees
Still working toward viability
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61% are tenants
91% from unemployment
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Developing an income stream
for
TAROE
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Thank you
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Apologies
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A minutes silence for colleagues passed
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Election of Tellers
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Minutes of 2011 AGM
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Chairs Report
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Vice Chairs Report
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Company Secretary’s Report
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Treasurers Report and receiving the Companies Accounts
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Election Process
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a. Recruitment Report
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b. Presentations from Candidates
John TownendBarnsley
ELECTIONS ONTO THE TAROE BOARD 2012
ELECTIONS ONTO THE TAROE BOARD 2012
Clive HartleyRotherham
ELECTIONS ONTO THE TAROE BOARD 2012
Mike WestonLeeds
ELECTIONS ONTO THE TAROE BOARD 2012
David StanistreetSuffolk
ELECTIONS ONTO THE TAROE BOARD 2012
c. Election
ELECTIONS ONTO THE TAROE BOARD 2012
Comfort Break
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Results of elections
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Vote of thanks
Conclusions
Closing remarks
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Close of AGM
and
lunch
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At the close of the meeting a Board meeting will be held
to invite the elected candidates to join the Board