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Category: Merger

Genesis shareholders fail to protect the right to housing. Again.
On 1 February a small rump of shareholders gathered to rubber-stamp their decision to support the merger of Genesis and Notting Hill housing associations
Read moreThe rules of Genesis Housing Association. For shareholders to compare the rules of the proposed merged organisation to the current Genesis rules
This is a post for the shareholders of Genesis. We believe that shareholders of Genesis should have been given the current rules of Genesis so
Read moreGenesis and Notting Hill cut more social housing than they built. The poisonous legacy of the last five years.
Publication of the answers to residents’ questions. Genesis and Notting Hill have finally published answers to some questions that were asked by residents during the
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Tues 16 Jan 5:15 pm. This is the shareholder vote! Don’t miss this one!
Protest the merger! Support shareholders who are fighting the merger! Put your arguments and views to those shareholders who are undecided. Tuesday 16 January at
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Regeneration in Southend and the Mad Hatter’s Teaparty
The Southend Central Action Plan In November 2016, the people on the Queen’s Estate in Baxter Avenue, Southend, received their first indication that their homes
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Updated FAQs about the merger. 8 December.
But they say that the rents will not go up, don’t they? This is not even true now – let alone in the
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Is Kate Davies a person who should be CEO of a housing association? Even less a ‘mega’ merged housing association?
Under the leadership of Kate Davies, Notting Hill has championed an immoral ‘affordable’ rent policy (1) which traps NHH residents in impossible rent demands. Under
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The ‘chair designate’ is proof that this merger is not in the interests of residents and is wrong in principle.
Dipesh Shah is the ‘chair designate’ of the proposed new merged housing association. Already the chair of Genesis, he is reported to earn £4.3 million
Read moreThe founder of PCHA in 2015: “A compliant Genesis, which simply conforms to government policy, will have nothing to offer people in need and will command no respect”
Shortly before Genesis shareholders are to vote on whether to merge with Notting Hill Housing, details have surfaced of a speech made in 2015 by
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