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Michael Beverley TMO Vice Chair. Looking After Your Roots means empowering tenants. K+C TMO - An ALMO with Tenants in control. Myth or reality?. Creating the reality. Sustaining the reality. Tenant Empowerment works. Its why tenants get involved. to make a difference.
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Looking After Your Roots means empowering tenants • K+C TMO - An ALMO with Tenants in control • Myth or reality? • Creating the reality • Sustaining the reality
Tenant Empowerment works Its why tenants get involved • to make a difference • to get results If it doesn’t work why get involved? Get tenants elected
An ALMO grown from strong roots • 22 years of formal tenant consultation (T.C.C.) • Cross party support • Tenants campaigned to protect ‘rights’ and ‘voice’ • ‘Right to manage’ opportunity grasped • CCT avoided, in-house service protected
Our TMO ALMO - Large Numbers involved But how do we keep connected? Good communication
Tenant control isn’t perfect... • Its time consuming & costs • It means “no party whip” and less predictable decisions • Can slow down decision making • Demands excellent communication • It can leave staff feeling less in control • So life isn’t a bowl of cherries
Strengthening the roots & empowering tenants • Invest in people • Resource it • Structure it • Provide choice of involvement • Knock down the barriers to involvement • Value empowerment
Sustaining the Reality… easy it ain't! • Demonstrate that empowerment works and delivers results • Provide staff support • Value involvement - pay expenses • Devolve decision making • Provide external training COMMUNICATE!
Be committed to Board training and development Broader Benefits of involvement • Builds confidence in people • Improves employability • Helps community regeneration • Improve Representation • Embrace difficult • to reach groups
So does tenant empowerment work? Is it better to be a tenant activist on the outside looking in and generally stopping things happening?
Isn’t it better to be on the inside looking out and making things happen! Its up to you now - go out and do it! “Resident controlled housing is scary!” …with power comes responsibility