Monday, July 19, 2004
Meeting with Hafod Housing Association
On Friday 16th July Councillors Ralph Cook and Monica Walsh met with Lindsey Whittle of Hafod HA to discuss issues raised by Hafod residents at a meeting on Wednesday. Lindsey agreed that a few tenants posed a variety of problems for the Association and that a minority of tenants (or their children) were habitually anti-social. He said that the Association was doing everything it could to modify the behaviour of culprits but that eviction was not always the most appropriate, or achievable approach.
Hafod HA had put in a bid for neighbourhood wardens and was awaiting the outcome of this application. The Association also invested heavily in capacity building on its estates but that the response from the majority of tenants was poor.
Councillors suggested that Hafod, other housing associations, the police and the Council should co-operate more and refered to a discussion scheduled for the next meeting of the St. Mellons Forum at the end of July.
Hafod HA had put in a bid for neighbourhood wardens and was awaiting the outcome of this application. The Association also invested heavily in capacity building on its estates but that the response from the majority of tenants was poor.
Councillors suggested that Hafod, other housing associations, the police and the Council should co-operate more and refered to a discussion scheduled for the next meeting of the St. Mellons Forum at the end of July.
