Some councils (Lambeth Council) threaten tenants with eviction/homelessness for our inability to pay extortionate heat/hot water charges for inefficient, poorly run/maintained #HeatNetworks . This has a devastating impact on our mental health. #LambethInTheHotSeat #FuelPoverty

Minister tells House of Lords that landlords won't be able to recover the cost of Ofgem heat network fines and compensation from leaseholders. We hope she's right, but this needs further clarity. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b7…

There may be good news for us who've been suffering ludicrous charges on #HeatNetworks . Hopefully, regulation will prevent landlords & energy providers ripping us off in the future. Be interested to hear your take on this Stephen Knight. Heat Trust
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Taken from another source this morning.
Written as a joke but in all honesty why aren't service charges considered in affordability checks?
There would be many disappointed applicants BUT it would highlight the reality and provide more evidence that the system sucks.
NLC - LEASEHOLD CAMPAIGNER - #reLEASE us

Jonathan Ashworth You say this, but elderly residents living in Sheltered Accommodation at Mackintosh Court in Lambeth - are being issued with eviction notices by Lambeth Labour council, because the residents' communal heating bills have rocketted and are unaffordable.

.Lambeth Council stop putting your social housing tenants/leaseholders in ever greater debt. #PriceCap #LambethInTheHotSeat #HeatNetworks

.Lambeth Council tenants are still being threatened with eviction because we can't pay extortionate heating/hot water charges. #HeatNetworks are not covered by the #PriceCap . Our 2024-25 charges remain well above other's kwh prices. Maria Kay We need answers. #LambethInTheHotSeat

This is a major concern. #HeatNetworks should not be an Asset Class, in the same way that Water shouldn't be. If heat networks become investment vehicles, people living in properties with #CommunalHeating will suffer greater #FuelPoverty . #RightToHeatAndEat

Went into a communal Lambeth Council facility this morning. Heating on all night, so hot I sweated. Rarely, if ever used. The Council just pass on costs to residents. Service charges up massively; invisible Labour Cllrs do nothing. OAPs pushed into poverty.

#NeverLabour 😡

More court shenanigans from #Labour 's Lambeth Council. What the council has done to the residents and buildings of #MacintoshCourt over the last 10 years is utterly shameful even by their standards.
Macintosh Court Tenant Macintosh Court Residents Association. SW16 Public Interest Law Centre 💜🤍💚

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Lambeth's propensity for taking their residents to court instead of sorting out failing services is cruel and callous!

Let's hope that Lambeth stop wasting residents money pursuing illogical court proceedings for tenants inability to pay extortionate service charges. We agree - rent and service charges should absolutely be separated. #LambethInTheHotSeat #FuelPoverty #ServiceChargeAbuse

Ellie Laycock Peoples Audit JA Cobb Robert Firth Brixton Buzz Brixton Blog Surviving Lambeth Macintosh Court Residents Association. SW16 HASL Macintosh Court Tenant Lambeth Tenants' Heat Campaign Tim Minogue Crystal Palace News We are hearing more and more of this ghosting behaviour by councillors - ignoring residents cries for help

If there's £391K going spare, it would make sense to reduce the heating/hot water service charges for the 3,500 Lambeth properties suffering from #fuelpoverty . #LambethInTheHotSeat

Hi KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner. We love your work. Any chance we can have a convo about the predicament that many Lambeth tenants and leaseholders on heat networks are in. Your advice/support would be extremely well received by our campaign team. Please let us know how we can connect.

Private rents rise 11.2% across London - the highest rise since records began. We don’t have housing crisis, we have a greedy landlord crisis. London tenants hit hardest as rents soar at record rate (Financial Times UK), 18 Apr 2024
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Janet speaking about the ongoing service charge abuse.

This shouldn't be happening. Lambeth Council should be showing compassion for tenants struggling to pay their rents/service charges, rather than evicting them. #FuelPoverty #LambethInTheHotSeat #HeatNetworks

Tonight FPA Fuel for Thought meeting! Heat Networks.

If #HeatNetworks become lucrative for investors then it's likely that more of us living in homes with communal heating/hot water will suffer #FuelPoverty . Regulation is desperately needed.