Don’t be shocked by electrical call
If you get a call from AEW Property Services wanting to carry
out electrical tests at your home it will be a genuine call.
A selection of 500 properties has been chosen and the call
will be to set up an appointment to test all the electrical wiring in your home
which helps the Council plan future investment.
The contractors will carry identification and if you have any
doubts, keep them out until you have checked with the Council they are genuine.
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Meeting the neighbours...
Meetings are being held for residents living near sites which are being regenerated to let them know what is planned for each area.
There are limited places available at each venue and pre-booking is essential.
The meetings are:
Dell Court
Wednesday 19 April, 6pm
Book your place here.
Brunswick Court
Tuesday 25 April, 6pm
Book your place here.
Maygreen Crescent and Park Lane
Tuesday 2 May, 6pm.
Book your place here.
Delderfield House
Wednesday 10 May, 6pm
Book your place here
Royal Jubilee Court
Thursday 11 May, 6pm
Book your place here.
Serena, Solar and Sunrise
Tuesday 16 May, 6pm
Book your place here.
Free Home Fire Safety Visit
Anyone can access the London Fire Brigade website and book a
Home Fire Safety Visit.
Although everyone is eligible for a free, home
fire safety visit we prioritise those people who may be at higher risk of
having a fire. These include:
- Older people living alone
- People with mobility, vision or hearing impairments
- People accessing mental health services
- Those liable to intoxication through alcohol and/or drug
use.
Book your visit here.
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Weekend working at new community centre
Progress on the new community centre, behind Highfield Towers in Collier Row, is contuing on schedule for opening this summer.
Demolition of the old centre is completed and during the next two weeks there will be a lot of work on site. Residents are asked to make sure they do not park to block the access road.
There will also be some limited weekend working.
The main dates are:
Monday 24 April
Pile
driving begins to start foundations of new community centre. Vibrations from piling should be minimal, Driven piling duration is anticipated to be two days .
Vibration levels will be monitored on all buildings within affected area.
Drilling
scheduled to start on site to allow installation of the ground source heating
system.
Tuesday 25 April
Work begins to remove an 800mm layer of soil across the whole
piled area
Thursday 27 April to Sunday 30
April
Install pile caps
Saturday 29 April
Work
will take place 9am until 4pm
Sunday 30 April·
Work
will take place 9am until 3pm
If you are interested in hiring the
new community hall please contact Joanne Mahony.
More information
available here.
46 new homes for Harold Hill
 Work has started on a scheme in Briar Road, Harold Hill which will see 10 homes for Low Cost Home Ownership and 36 flats for social rent.
More information available here including video clip.
Pamper
time at PETRA
Following
the success of a Pamper Evening last month (pictured), PETRA TMO is offering the
chance for residents on the estate to enjoy head and shoulder massages, facials
and general well-being treatments from 6pm on Thursday 11 May.
More
details from Ravinder Kaur.
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It's Party Time!
If you’re
looking for a hall for a family celebration or event Hacton Lane Hall in Hornchurch
could be just what you need.
With competitive
prices and good facilities, including on site car parking, this is an ideal
venue. Reserve
your booking online here.
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Can you be a Housebound Hero?
Havering Library Service
needs volunteers who can spend a minimum of three hours per week to deliver
books and items to Havering residents in their own homes.
The Housebound service
enables people who can’t visit a library in person to still access our service.
Travel expenses including petrol will be paid for. Volunteers for this
role may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Get more details from Donna
Byrne.
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 Do it in a day means our contractor, Breyer Group, will be carrying out
all the repairs at a specific location on the same day.
Tenants
should still report repairs in the normal way, so Breyer Group knows how many
staff and what equipment may be needed
to do the repairs. However,
if you see the contractor is working in your street and you have a non-urgent
repair, you can report it directly to them and they will try to get it fixed for
you on that day.
Breyer
Group will be in the following areas on these Wednesdays:
19 April 2017
St Helen's Court.
26 April 2017
Napier House, New Plymouth House, Dunedin Road,
Gisborne Gardens, Queenstown Gardens, New Zealand Way, Christchurch Avenue,
Auckland Avenue.
3 May 2017
Queen Street, Waterloo Gardens, St. Andrew’s Road, William Pike House, Thomas England House, Queen Street Villas.
10 May 2017
Highfield Road, Hillrise Road, Highfield Towers, Highfield Link, Hendon
Gardens, Harlow Gardens.
17 May 2017
Prospect Place
Get details of the scheme here.
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Is it up to me?
Tenants and leaseholders are responsible for many basic
repairs to their properties, so before logging a report please check if it is up
to you to do the repair or whether the Council is responsible. Find out
full details of your responsibilities here.
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 If you want to check what we’ve
said before, back copies of At
the Heart online can be found here.
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Act fast to book your appointment!
 Havering Council's Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Damian White, is holding his regular housing surgeries for tenants and leaseholders on:
Friday 28 April, 4pm – 6pm, Hacton Hall, Haydock Close, Hornchurch, RM12 6EA.
Friday 26 May, 4pm – 6pm, Town Hall, Main Road, Romford, RM1 3BB.
Details of future housing surgeries can be found here.
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Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet
Member for Housing, Councillor Damian White, and his colleague, Councillor
Jason Frost, will be holding three day-time surgeries in June at The Salvation Army, 50 High Street, Romford Town Centre, RM1 1JJ.
Book
your appointment here.
 £4 million saved as Tenancy Fraud crackdown continues
The crackdown on people illegally subletting their Council home, making or wrongly claiming benefits of Council Tax relief has saved the Council more than £4 million.
That figure is after the cost of employing extra officers who have made 22,463 visits to Council tenants and 2,219 visits to PSL Tenants since October 2015.
There have been 35 Council homes brought back for genuine tenants to use and 44 Right to Buy applications cancelled. A number of prosecutions are also taking place.
The message is clear: if you're breaking your tenancy agreement admit it now because you WILL be caught and then could lose your home.
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Help make your area green and clean
 Come along and get involved to help your area look green and clean,
All the
sessions start at 10am and we’re aiming to be finished by 1pm but you don’t
need to be there the whole time. Every hour you can spare will be put to good
use, so if you want to help out please let us know using the form on the
website.
The
events are:
Friday 28 April in Artesian Gardens, Hornchurch
Wednesday
31 May in Bevan Way and Hacton Lane, Hornchurch
Thursday
22 June in partnership with Delta TMO
Friday
14 July in partnership with Highfield Community Group, Collier Row
Thursday
3 August in partnership with Petra TMO
Thursday
28 September in Rainham
Friday
10 October bulb planting at sheltered housing schemes
Sign up to help here.
There are a number of Job Clubs in Havering which offer help and support including:
Every Monday, 9am until 12noon
Mardyke Community Centre,
South Street, Rainham, RM13 8PJ
Every Wednesday, 10am until 1pm
Betty Strathern Centre, 41 Myrtle Road, Harold Hill, RM3 8XS
Every Thursday, 2pm until 5pm
Collier Row Library, 45 Collier Row Road, Collier Row, RM5 3NS
Every Friday, 10am until 1pm
Havering Citizens Advice, 9 Victoria Road, Romford, RM1 2JT
All job clubs are
open to any Havering resident who would like help to find work.
For more information complete the request form here.
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Sign up to the My Havering service and you
can then access a wide range of services 24 hours a day, seven days a week
through the website.
Council tenants and leaseholders can get secure access to all their housing
information online through SeeMyData.
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 Find out about Universal Credit
Universal Credit replaces six existing benefits and was rolled out in Havering from February 2016 for single claimants of Job Seekers Allowance
Havering Council has produced a special information booklet that you can read online here.
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Got a question?
If you have a question about any aspect of housing, there is
now just one form to complete, which will reach the right people to answer
your question.
Just
complete the online form here.
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friends, and now you can use it to keep informed about what’s happening with
Havering Council Housing Services.
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