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Housing service in spotlight once more.
(From The Northern Echo)
INSPECTORS who slated a council's housing repairs and maintenance service are paying a follow-up visit in March. Wear Valley District Council came under fire from the Audit Commission in November 2001, when a report said it was unlikely to improve on its poor score of no stars.
Housing director Michael Laing said the service had improved since the commission's last inspection.
Then inspectors photographed syringes, graffiti and filthy bathrooms in homes classed as "ready to let" and found 50 gas appliances left unchecked for more than a year.
They said there was a general neglect of some council estates, and they ...
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