Brent Council's General Purposes Committee has approved a redundancy within its Housing Management department, a decision made at a meeting on Monday, March 30, 2026. This follows the creation of a new holistic area tenancy manager role, designed to offer enhanced support to residents by encompassing all aspects of income, rental income, and arrears.
The new approach aims to embed the tenant voice within the organisation and foster a closer relationship between the council and its tenants, a move Councillor Fleur Donnelly-Jackson, Cabinet Member for Housing, highlighted as being really helping us to embed that tenant voice within the organisation and moving to a model where we're much closer in terms of how we support our tenants.
The individual affected by the redundancy was previously in the income service and was unsuccessful in securing one of the new area tenancy manager positions. The redundancy was deferred to allow for knowledge transfer and training for new team members and the manager, a period that concluded around the time of the March 30 meeting, suggesting the implementation of the new management approach was nearing completion.
Councillor Fleur Donnelly-Jackson acknowledged the individual's long service to the housing team. Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, Jobs & Skills, proposed an amendment to delegate authority to the Head of Paid Service to approve the severance amount for employee B
. The severance payment was anticipated to slightly exceed £100,000, though the specific factors contributing to this figure were not detailed in the meeting notes. This delegation was intended to prevent further delays in the process. The committee agreed to this amendment and approved the recommendations, as outlined in the report Approval to Make Severence Payment.
The full public reports pack for the General Purposes Committee meeting on March 30, 2026, can be accessed here.
