{"id":178,"date":"2017-12-04T14:03:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T14:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peach-e16.org.uk\/wpc\/?p=178"},"modified":"2021-02-02T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T14:04:22","slug":"newham-councillors-vote-can-mears-be-trusted-with-our-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peach-e16.org.uk\/wpc\/2017\/12\/04\/newham-councillors-vote-can-mears-be-trusted-with-our-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Newham Councillors Vote: Can Mears be trusted with our homes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have tried everything to get the message across: Mears\/Tando landlords are a disreputable contractor, who have been given more than enough chances to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we submitted a further 66 tenants issues to Cllr Terry Paul, bringing the total number of issues that PEACH has raised close to 200 in the past 2 years. Here are quotes from some of us who are in today\u2019s report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI was offered a promotion at work, but I had to turn it down. Getting paid more and doing more hours would mean having to pay so much more rent. The unaffordable rent is holding me back in life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI am a cleaner working 37 hours a week and I still cannot afford the rent, it is so high that I have fallen into arrears. I don\u2019t know what to do, this is too stressful.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI am volunteering in a local nursery and I am training to be a TA. However I am scared for what will happen when I find work because the rent is so high and my benefits will stop. I want to make a living for myself but the high rent makes it impossible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI have taken days off work waiting for their repair workers to turn up and they never came.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI rang them 5 times to fix the carpet and they refused to come out. My child fell down the stairs and hit her head, only then did they come to fix it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cMy radiator was broken. They came round and shut it off, promising to come and fix it the next day. It\u2019s been 2-3 weeks now of this cold weather and I\u2019ve heard nothing from them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe rent levels are so high it\u2019s affecting my mental health. I don\u2019t feel I can cope. I had to book myself an emergency appointment at the doctors because I don\u2019t know how to carry on.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI can\u2019t face ringing the repairs department anymore, they never listen, they never log the issues, it\u2019s always a battle. It just puts my blood pressure up.\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are not making this up, we don\u2019t feel like we can cope. &nbsp;Is this contract the best that Newham Council can do? We deserve better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have been in contact with Hackney\u2019s Cabinet Member for Housing Services and they have confirmed that they have let 373 of their own flats as temporary accommodation, mostly on sites scheduled for demolition. Their rent is the same as Council Tenants. We want an affordable, well maintained home that will help us get on in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please Newham Councillors listen and vote today to break the contract with Mears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you&#8217;re reading this as a Newham Councillor and you haven&#8217;t received the in-depth briefing please contact <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:hero.austin@peach-e16.org.uk\"><strong>hero.austin@peach-e16.org.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong> for a copy.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have tried everything to get the message across: Mears\/Tando landlords are a disreputable contractor, who have been given more than enough chances to improve. Today we submitted a further 66 tenants issues to Cllr Terry Paul, bringing the total &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/peach-e16.org.uk\/wpc\/2017\/12\/04\/newham-councillors-vote-can-mears-be-trusted-with-our-homes\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mears-cats"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Newham Councillors Vote: Can Mears be trusted with our homes? - PEACH<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/peach-e16.org.uk\/wpc\/2017\/12\/04\/newham-councillors-vote-can-mears-be-trusted-with-our-homes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newham Councillors Vote: Can Mears be trusted with our homes? - PEACH\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have tried everything to get the message across: Mears\/Tando landlords are a disreputable contractor, who have been given more than enough chances to improve. 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