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• Tenant and Leaseholder Committee

  The Tenant and Leaseholder Committee meets quarterly to review key areas of the housing service. It will also be used as the formal part of any consultation process.

  See below for minutes of the most recent meeting:

   Minutes of the Tenant and Leaseholder Committee meeting - 27 September 2018 (PDF 176KB)

  Any reports mentioned in these minutes are available on request from tenant.involvement@dacorum.gov.uk.

• Scrutiny Panel

  The Scrutiny Panel is a group of tenants, leaseholders and independent members who work on projects that recommend improvements to the housing service.

  We're looking for new members for the Scrutiny Panel. If you're interested in joining, please download and complete the  Scrutiny Panel expression of interest form (PDF 78KB) and email it to tenant.involvement@dacorum.gov.uk.

• Tenant Inspectors

  The Tenant Inspectors are a group of Dacorum tenants who regularly inspect different areas of the housing service and assess us against set lists of service standards, making recommendations for improvements where needed.

  See below for the Tenant Inspectors' reports for 2017-18:

   Tenant Inspectors - Out of Hours Job Completion Inspection (PDF 350KB)
   Tenant Inspectors - Empty Homes Inspection (PDF 402KB)
   Tenant Inspectors - Planned Programmed Works (PDF 351KB)

  If you'd like to get involved with the Tenant Inspectors, please email tenant.involvement@dacorum.gov.uk or call 01442 228000 and ask for Tenant Involvement.

• Supported Housing Forum

  The Supported Housing Forum is a group of tenants living in sheltered accommodation who meet quarterly to discuss issues that affect them and the schemes they live in.

  There are representatives from most of the 31 supported housing schemes, but we are keen to have at least one person from each scheme represented at this group. If you'd like to get involved, please speak to your supported housing officer or email tenant.involvement@dacorum.gov.uk.

• Youth tenant involvement

  If you live in a Dacorum Borough Council-owned property and your child would like to get involved, we run a Youth tenant involvement group for 9-18 year olds.

• Tenant Academy

  Our Tenant Academy offers a range of free courses to our tenants and leaseholders. Please take a look at our Tenant Academy page for more information.

• Community grants

  If you are part of a community or voluntary group, you may be eligible for funding. For more information about community grants, please see our community grant page.

• Tenant Management Organisations

  Local authority tenants have had a statutory Right to Manage since 1994. We do not yet have any Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs) in Dacorum, but we would support any of our tenants and leaseholders who would like to exercise this right.

  You would need the backing of your neighbours to look into whether this option might be right for your block or area. By following Right to Manage regulations your TMO could take over responsibility for managing housing services, such as repairs, caretaking, and rent collection. You can find more information about your right to manage on the Government website.