Audit Commission report on Homes for Islington

Summary
London Borough of Islington - Homes for Islington (ALMO) p 3
1 The London Borough of Islington is a London borough council. The population is
176,000 of which, 25 per cent are from black and minority ethnic (BME)
communities, excluding Turkish and Irish.
2 The council is Liberal Democrat led with 36 of the 48 seats. The council has a
cabinet structure style of government, with an executive board comprising a
leader and eight liberal democrat councillors.
3 The council employs 3,029 staff across all services and Homes for Islington (HFI)
employs 633 employees.
4 The arm’s length management organisation (ALMO) review of HFI covered all
services delegated to the ALMO:
stock investment and repairs ordering;
environmental protection and improvement;
rent collection, dealing with arrears and debt counselling;
estate management, caretaking and support services under Supporting
People;
managing lettings, voids and under-occupation;
enforcement of tenancy conditions;
similar functions for leaseholders;
tenant participation, information and consultation; and
employs 633 employees.
5 The service is estimated to cost £55,860,000 for 2004/05 and Homes for Islington
the arm’s length management organisation is the managing agent and began in
April 2004.
6 The <strong>Audit</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> has previously carried out inspections of the service in
January 2003. We judged the service to be a fair, one star service with promising
prospects for improvement.