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The resident-led board has an ongoing role in scrutinising the delivery of services under the MMA, as well as ensuring ongoing assistance to the public inquiry and criminal investigation. The council has confirmed that it will continue to fund the TMO to ensure it can continue to do so, and that answers to the
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Grenfell Action Group, the block's tenant organisation, had repeatedly warned of major fire safety lapses since 2013. A blog entry posted on 20 November 2016 described KCTMO as "an evil, unprincipled, mini-mafia" and predicted that only a "catastrophic event" leading to "serious loss of life" such as
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In December 2017, the TMO board decided that it could no longer guarantee that it could deliver services to a standard that residents should expect and fulfil all its duties contained in its contract with the council (known as the modular management agreement or MMA). The board decided that it would
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of a property owned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea who is over the age of eighteen. Since the day-to-day activities of the organization ended, the membership criteria have changed slightly, notably allowing any former resident of Grenfell Tower who lost their home due to the fire to
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containing Grenfell Tower, which would come under direct council control. In September 2017 Kensington and Chelsea councillors voted unanimously to end the contract with KCTMO, stating that the firm "no longer has the trust of residents in the borough". In late December 2017 KCTMO announced that it
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The handback took place on 1 March 2018. The handback consisted of all the services to residents and those support functions required to enable these services to be provided. The TMO continues to exist as an independent corporate entity and the board will continue to be accountable to its members.
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The Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation was established on 1 April 1996, when it assumed management of 9,760 properties from the council. Run by a board of 13 tenants, it was described at the time as "one of Britain's most ambitious property management schemes".
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in 2017, the council terminated its contract with KCTMO. Since January 2018, the housing has been directly managed by the council. However, KCTMO continues to exist as a legal entity so that it can be represented at the
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be in the best interests of all residents that the services which the TMO provided were handed back to the council while it carries out a consultation about the future management of its housing stock.
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for her work with the organisation. In 2016 the chair, Fay Edwards, was awarded the British Empire Medal for her services to the community in Kensington and Chelsea.
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The TMO has a board comprising eight residents, four council-appointed board members and three independent board members. Labour councillor and former MP,
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would be handing control of all of its housing stock back to the council by 31 January 2018 as an "interim measure".
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On 14 June 2017 a large fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, a 24-floor, 120-flat block managed by KCTMO.
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for its services. In 2008 Juliet Rawlings, chair of the TMO's Board from 2003, was awarded an
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MacErlean, Neasa (17 March 1996). "Councillors take back seat as tenants go it alone".
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Kensington and Chelsea TMO has previously received a three-star status from the
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In August 2017, it was announced that KCTMO would no longer manage the
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The TMO was set up on 1 April 1996, under the UK Government's Housing (
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was a council-appointed board member from 2008 to 31 October 2012.
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Criticism of the response to the Grenfell Tower fire
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be a member, regardless of their current tenancy status.
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Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation

www.kctmo.org.uk
tenant management organisation
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
council housing
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Right to Manage
Grenfell Tower fire
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
leaseholder
Emma Dent Coad
Audit Commission
MBE
Queen's Birthday Honours
Grenfell Tower fire
Grenfell Tower
the fire
its aftermath

Grenfell Tower
Grenfell Tower fire
Aftermath
Criticism of the response
Grenfell (TV series)
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Phase 1
Phase 2
Kensington and Chelsea TMO

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