Sorting out Southfields' neglect

A few months ago, I wrote here about such severe neglect of council properties in Avening Terrace, Brathway Road, Longstaff Crescent and Longstaff Road, that window frames were crumbling away to nothing.

Residents, who had tried and failed to get the Council's housing department to take their concerns seriously, asked me to get onto the case - and I was happy to take up their legitimate complaints with the housing department.

The council has now accepted that the windows are in an unacceptable state and need repair which is great news. Work is scheduled to start this Summer in good time for the onset of Winter.