THE PROVISION OF HOUSING MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSIVE REPAIRS SERVICES TO PRIVATE SECTOR HOMES IN BRENT AND GREATER LONDON

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The London Borough of Brent is looking for suitably qualified management agents to provide high quality housing management, responsive repair services and property compliance matters to its new and growing portfolio. B-RENT is the working title/name of the London Borough of Brent’s new private rented sector landlord. B-Rent has been set up by London Borough of Brent to purchase, own and manage a portfolio of properties circa. three hundred units. B-RENT is an asset owning landlord letting properties at local housing allowance rates. B-RENT has a nominations agreement with LB Brent through which 100% of tenants will be nominated by LB Brent’s housing needs service. LB Brent has a track record of nominating to the private rented sector and B-Rent will be an additional private rented sector landlord to whom it can discharge its homelessness duties. Brent currently owns or is in the process of purchase through conveyancing fifty residential units and will complete its portfolio within two years. The homes will be located in two management areas: • Brent (portfolio ambition 120), and Greater/West London (portfolio ambition 30), and • The Home Counties (portfolio ambition 150) Keywords: housing, repairs, accomodation, maintenance, management, residential