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East Kent councils to disband joint housing company

A housing services company created up by four councils is expected to be disbanded following ‘serious failings’ and a ‘loss of confidence’.

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By Martin Ford | 18 October 2019

A housing services company created up by four councils is expected to be disbanded following ‘serious failings' and a ‘loss of confidence'.

Canterbury City Council, and Dover, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet DCs established East Kent Housing (EKH) as an arms-length management organisation in 2011, giving it responsibility for 17,000 homes.

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