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The devastating fire on Dalston Lane on 5 June 2024 led to the destruction of dozens of our neighbours’ homes. They do not know when they will ever be able to return. The support that they have received from Peabody has been inconsistent, and in many cases has made their experiences significantly worse. On 8Continue reading “Complaint about Peabody’s handling of the Dalston Lane fire: Peabody’s inadequate response”

Peabody are going to do the bare minimum: plant 9 trees When Peabody and Bellway built Pembury Circus / Atkins Square, they were required by Hackney Council as part of the planning permission to plant a specified number of trees. They have not done this, and some trees that were planted have died. As aContinue reading “What is going on with the trees?”

We would love to see as many residents at our AGM as possible. We will be voting in our new committee members to help keep the RA going and we need your help! Please come along to find out more, refreshments provided. The agenda will be posted soon.

You are invited to join us this Wednesday, 31st July at 7.30pm at the Pembury Estate Community Centre for our general meeting. We will be talking about the running of the residents’ association and it is an opportunity to meet the current committee members who keep it running.

This article explains how to get the best results from the Peabody complaints process. There are other ways to complain at the bottom of the article. Overview of the process There are 3 stages to the complaints process. 2 are with Peabody, and the 3rd is with the Housing Ombudsman. You can also take PeabodyContinue reading “Complaints Guide”

Next Meeting – Join us on Wednesday 26th June 2024 at 7.30pm in the Pembury Community Centre.

All residents of the Pembury Estate are invited to come to our AGM, taking place in the Pembury Community Centre at 7.30pm on 27th September. Here is the agenda for the meeting and our annual report. We will be recruiting residents to join the executive committee to help run the residents’ association, so please doContinue reading “2023 AGM – 27th September, all residents welcome!”

PERA has received a response to the Housing Ombudsman complaint that we submitted on behalf of residents of 13 Atkins Square regarding fire safety back in February 2021. You can read the full report here. As you will see, the ombudsman has awarded £300 compensation. It has been decided that this should be of benefitContinue reading “Response received from the Housing Ombudsman”

PERA had a meeting with Peabody on 11th July about our service charges, you can view the minutes here. Thank you so much to all the residents who were able to join us, it was a good turnout and more people than Peabody anticipated! We did not get all the answers we wanted from theContinue reading “Minutes from PERA meeting with Peabody about Service Charges”