improving your home and environment

• The Decent Homes standard
• The Haringey standard - Even better with your help.
• What are we doing to improve your homes?

The Decent Homes standard

The government want us to make sure every home in the borough meets the Decent Homes Standard.

This means every home must:

• be fit for people to live in
• be in a good state of repair
• have reasonably modern facilities, for example the kitchen or bathroom
• have effective heating and insulation.

These are good, but pretty basic standards. We know people want more.

You can now search online for works planned for where you live. Go to our Working towards decent homes page.

The Haringey standard - Even better with your help

After consulting residents, we drew up the Haringey standard, which says that our homes must be even better than the Decent Homes standard.

The Haringey standard says that homes should:

• be warm and energy efficient
• be secure
• be safe and free from major disrepair
• meet the needs of residents
• be fully accessible
• be a safe and pleasant environment which people are proud to live in
• have reasonably modern facilities.

The reality is that 43% of Haringey’s homes do not even meet the government's minimum standards. With the support of residents we set up Homes for Haringey to help us bring all of Haringey’s homes up to scratch. You can find out more about our plans in About Homes for Haringey.

Click here for a virtual tour of one our recently renovated flats

What are we doing to improve your homes?

Our first Decent Homes pilot project got started in January this year.

This is the start of four pilot projects which will deliver decent home improvements in advance of the main programme.

The 10 week contract comes ahead of the main programme which is expected to start across Haringey from April and which we will manage on behalf of Haringey Council. The scheme includes new kitchens and bathrooms, electrical rewiring works, new windows and new external doors.

The properties were selected following thorough ‘condition’ surveys carried out by contractors, Apollo. A further 30 council properties in Northumberland Park (North Tottenham), Robert Owen House (Wood Green) and Ennis Road, (Hornsey) are also part of the pilot programme.

In Haringey, approximately 6 out of every 10 council homes already meet the government’s basic decent homes standard. More than 7,000 council homes in Haringey will be brought up to standard over the next 5 - 6 years.

You can now search online for works planned for where you live. Go to our Working towards decent homes page.