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Rutland County Council's Leader Roger Bedgy and Spire Homes' Chairman John Farrar seal the deal
Spire Homes are delighted to receive the transfer of the Rutland County Council housing stock.
The transfer of ownership follows a major consultation process and a four week ballot in the summer which saw 87.1% of tenants vote in favour of the transfer of their council homes to Spire. With a 75.5% turnout, it is one of the highest ‘yes’ votes in the history of housing transfers.
This is the second excellent transfer result for Spire Homes. In 2001, of those tenants who voted, 92% of East Northamptonshire Council’s tenants voted yes.
Spire Homes has been managing the Council’s housing stock since February 2006. Ownership transferred on 9 November, seeing improvements starting from day 1. £21m will be spent over the next five years on homes and services.
Julie Doyle, Managing Director of Spire Homes and Longhurst
Group Deputy Chief Executive, said: “I’m delighted that
the housing transfer has now taken place so we can start to deliver
our promises made to tenants to radically improve their homes and
housing service. We can’t wait to get started and will
continue to work with tenants at every stage of the process to
deliver the brighter future they voted for.”
