Northumberland County Councillors, Horncastle and the Council Leader Sanderson from their respective former district council’s, Tynedale District and Castle Morpeth District were both embroiled in moving Council Homes out of Council control.
Councillor Sanderson at Castle Morpeth was involved with his former Tory partner, Councillor Peter Jackson when they forced through a large-scale voluntary transfer of their housing stock following years and years of a sad decline in housing repairs.
Councillor Horncastle sat on Tynedale District Council when they moved their homes to a social housing provider for a miserly £30m.
It enabled large groups of Northumberland Tories to dodge residents in serious housing need and send them on to other providers.
Councillor Horncastle, laughingly named as the Tories housing lead on their one party cabinet is fully tied in with support for ‘affordable homes only’, leaving Council housing to rot on its footings.
Residents across the County and in particular Council tenants have had enough of these two and they are now under pressure to resign.
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/council/social-housing-regulator-finds-serious-failings-at-northumberland-county-council-5524383?fbclid=IwY2xjawP5tkxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEem6NLowU-za3oLah8S-nF3i_PploiNtCC2pWZEaGlgvG1zGMD1kXp3Jnom_8_aem_fhcIDaF80z2O7ycZ-MeKcA
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/county-council-hit-with-c4-rating-over-unacceptable-failings-95873?fbclid=IwY2xjawP84q5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeQKk3umMH9QbLBvn-T653HSlmjqRkLB99U7VG9-ohS0x0qvwFqrtPioPS8X8_aem_JOvAD9UcOhWizXWIZju0tw
https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Northumberland-County-Wide-Housing-Needs-Survey-2012-Final-Report-10.07.13.pdf
https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/NorthumberlandCountyCouncil/media/Planning-and-Building/planning%20policy/Studies%20and%20Evidence%20Reports/Housing%20Studies/9.%20Local%20housing%20needs%20assessments/Blyth-Housing-Needs-Assessment_Final-Report-June-2023.pdf
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