Borough Wide Leaseholder and Freeholder Forum

Forum launch

Hackney's borough-wide Leaseholder and Freeholder Forum was launched on 1 July 2006. The Forum was formed to formally represent the views, concerns and interests of leaseholders and freeholders throughout the borough who pay service charges to the Council.

Aims of the Forum

  • To listen to and represent the concerns of the borough’s leaseholders and freeholders
  • To assist leaseholders and freeholders who pay service charges on individual disputes
  • To educate leaseholders and freeholders who pay service charges about their rights
  • To communicate all progress made by the Forum on leasehold and freehold issues
  • To work alongside Hackney Homes and Hackney Council to come to fair resolutions on issues affecting all leaseholders and freeholders who pay service charges
  • To monitor Hackney Homes’ service standards and facilitate improvements
Forum Committee members meet regularly with Hackney Homes.

Events

2009 Open Meeting Dates

We will be holding meetings open to the public on the following dates. If you are a Hackney Leaseholder or Freeholder, please come along.
Meetings are on a Tuesday night and start at 7pm. They are usually held at the Regan Way Community Centre, Regan Way, London N1 6PH
  • July - 21st at Regan Way Community Centre
  • October - 20th at Regan Way Community Centre
  • December - 15th Annual General Meeting at Hackney Town Hall

Committee Meetings 2009

The Management Committee of the Forum meet at least once per month. Our official meetings are as follows. Meetings are on a Tuesday night and start at 7pm.
  • April - 7th at Regan Way Community Centre, London N1 6PH
  • May - 5th at Regan Way Community Centre
  • June - 9th June at Regan Way Community Centre
  • July - 7th July at Regan Way Community Centre
  • August - 11th at Regan Way Community Centre
  • September - 22nd at Regan Way Community Centre
  • October - 13th at Regan Way Community Centre
  • November - 10th at Regan Way Community Centre
  • December - 8th at Regan Way Community Centre
These are not intended as Open Meetings, however, if you are a Hackney Leaseholder or Freeholder and you wish to come along and see your Committee in action, please do so. If you want to participate, we can Co-Opt you on to the Committee.

Buses to the venue:

Kingsland Road: 67, 149, 242, 243, 394 – Pearson Street bus stop
New North Road: 21, 76, 141, 271, 394 – Hoxton bus stop

Minutes of previous meetings

  • 8 January 2008 (Committee meeting) Minutes
  • 5 February 2008 (Committee meeting) Minutes
  • 4 March 2008 (Open meeting) (Minutes)
  • 1 April 2008 (Committee) Minutes

Annual General Meeting 2007

Download the minutes from the 2007 Annual General Meeting held on 6 November 2007.
Download the minutes from the meeting to elect Forum Committee members held on 10 December 2007.

Membership

We currently have in excess of 1000 members of the Forum. This includes members from the recently ceased Shoreditch Leaseholder and Freeholder Forum Association. It has been voted by the AGM and a large majority. Membership of the Forum will be by subscription and will be £12 per year, per member (or members in one household).
If you would like to join, please download the PDF Document membership form and send it to the address provided.

What have we achieved so far?

See the case studies below to find out more.

Service Charge concerns?

PDF Document Info about your service charges and what to do before you come to the Forum with a case.

Newsletter

Contact the Forum

Address: Hackney Borough-Wide Leaseholder & Freeholder Forum (HBLFF), c/o 1 Angrave Court, Scriven Street, London, E8 4HY.
Last updated 15 June 2009