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ILA meeting on Tuesday the 13th of January 2026

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Post date January 3, 2026
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ISLINGTON LEASEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION (ILA)

MEETING on TUESDAY the

13th January 2026 at

7-9pm in
St Mary’s Church, Upper Street

(located approximately 100 yards from the Town Hall, walking towards the Angel) at

7-9pm

The ILA welcome Leaseholder to the first ILA meet of the new year 2026

Please be aware that we will have door attendance every 10-15 mins…so just ring the reception bell if the door is closed/unattended…

Ila will be discussing problems arising in connection with s20 bills…Emergency Lighting…Fire precautions…Etc

Hosting the meet – Dr Brian Potter

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month

All Islington council leaseholders are welcome.

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Please join or renew your membership via our website ww.ila.org.uk . You can obtain the appropriate membership forms from the “Support” tab in menu

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Leaseholder Letters 9

“Out with the Old”

I’m on a pension and have lived in my one bedroom ex-council flat for 25 years. “It’s all very well for (Una O’Halloran the Leader of the Council (D.Telegraph 26/7/25,)“Islington plans to purchase 900 former council houses”) to gloat regarding buying back former Council properties for short term accommodation, but she conveniently fails to mention that in so doing, she is simply displacing the Council’s long term residents”

This is precisely the process used in my situation by Islington council. I have been a leaseholder in Newbery House for 25 years and Islington council has issued me an s20 estimate of £50,000, (larger 2 & 3 bedroom flats are estimated considerably higher)

Notably, these bills are being issued without full, independent and proper surveys – (we have an estimate for major work to our roofs,) when a simple, and cheaper) drone survey could easily and accurately determine whether such major works are actually necessary! Furthermore the company deciding the scope of works is the company doing the very work! Thereby, in effect, writing their own cheques; (ie…marking their own exam papers). As a result, hundreds of residents, like myself, are losing sleep over a maintenance bill, that will in effect, force me out of my home after 25 years.!!!

The council are deliberately sacrificing a whole swath of it older, long term, paying residents, in order to house Non paying residents, this despicable behaviours shows that they see us as being easily disposable,‘Cash Cows’.

Consequently, I intend to stand as an independent leaseholder candidate in the May 2026 local elections, Basically, in order to get some say in MY borough, as opposed to just being grossly misused and abused.

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Leaseholder Letters 7

I have been a leaseholder with London Borough of Islington for over 40 years and have been subjected to unjustified charges for repairs and major works.

The most recent estimate I was upset to receive was a bill of up to £44,00 and had to work with the council to reduce the scope of the works without resorting to legal action. The LBI know leaseholders can rarely afford legal action. This abuse of power puts low-income leaseholders such as I at risk of bankruptcy and homelessness.

LBI in 2024 followed up with another letter for Major Works to take place during 2025 which had previously been undertaken in 2019. With the support of the Islington Leaseholders Association I was able to challenge the Major Works schedule and these works were eventually withdrawn, but only after waiting a agonising eight months for a decision to be made.

I currently exist in a state of financial insecurity, and a constant state of anxiety and worry. I worry for my mental health as I am unable to ever switch off living in a never-ending spiral of fear, fight and eventual flight.

I live in panicked state as to whether I can afford to stay in my home in an area I truly love.

“An extremely concerned Leaseholder”

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Leaseholder Letters 3

“overlooked and discriminated against”

After reading Cllr O’Halloran’s statement marking her first year as leader of the council I feel really overlooked and discriminated against, and I know that amongst the borough’s leaseholders I am far from alone in this.

Cllr O’Halloran says in her statement that housing is “a daily issue” for the residents she serves. As someone who has always lived on an Islington council estate I am a champion of social housing and welcome the buyback scheme as a way of increasing council housing stock, but only if the leaseholder genuinely wants to sell and is not being bullied or forced out of their homes by extortionate major works bills. These are sometimes as high as £100,000, amounts no average-waged person or OAP could ever dream of paying without incurring considerable debt.

An Islington Council employee has confirmed to me that most of the homes the council buys back are sold because the leaseholders can’t afford these huge bills.

Leaseholders are among the residents Cllr O’Halloran serves, and the number of them that have to leave the community they have lived in for years is surely a housing issue, yet she shows no empathy, understanding or even awareness of their plight.

She has the power to change policy and give the leaseholder a much longer period to pay the money back interest free, an improvement on the inadequate 5 years that now applies.

Council tenants pay for their share of major works with increased rents, but over a much longer time. Us leaseholders ask for fairness and equality, and a change of council policy to help us sleep at night.

Name/Address supplied

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ILA meeting Tuesday 9th December 2025

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Post date November 15, 2025
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ISLINGTON LEASEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION (ILA)

MEETING on TUESDAY the

9th December 2025 at

7-9pm in
St Mary’s Church, Upper Street

(located approximately 100 yards from the Town Hall, walking towards the Angel) at

7-9pm

At our December meeting the Government funded “LEASE ORGANISATION WILL BE OUR GUESTS” You are advised to arrive Early and if possible provide a written copy of your questions in order to save time, and allow every one to have “Their Say”

Please be aware that we will have door attendance every 10-15 mins…so just ring the reception bell if the door is closed/unattended…

Also, any problems arising in connection with s20 bills…Emergancy Lighting…Fire precautions…Etc…

Hosting the meet – Dr Brian Potter

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month

All Islington council leaseholders are welcome.

X (FKA “Twitter”) @ilaorguk

Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation

Please join or renew your membership via our website ww.ila.org.uk . You can obtain the appropriate membership forms from the “Support” tab in menu

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ILA meeting Tuesday 11th November 2025

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Post date November 10, 2025
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ISLINGTON LEASEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION (ILA)

MEETING on TUESDAY the

11th November 2025 at

7-9pm in
St Mary’s Church, Upper Street

(located approximately 100 yards from the Town Hall, walking towards the Angel) at

7-9pm

Please be aware that we will have door attendance every 10-15 mins…so just ring the reception bell if the door is closed/unattended…

Also, any problems arising in connection with s20 bills…Emergancy Lighting…Fire precautions…Etc…

Hosting the meet – Dr Brian Potter

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month

All Islington council leaseholders are welcome.

X (FKA “Twitter”) @ilaorguk

Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation

Please join or renew your membership via our website ww.ila.org.uk . You can obtain the appropriate membership forms from the “Support” tab in menu

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ILA meeting Tuesday 14th October 2025

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Post date October 1, 2025
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ISLINGTON LEASEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION (ILA)

MEETING on TUESDAY the

14th October 2025 at

7-9pm in
St Mary’s Church, Upper Street

(located approximately 100 yards from the Town Hall, walking towards the Angel) at

7-9pm

Please be aware that we will have door attendance every 10-15 mins…so just ring the reception bell if the door is closed/unattended…

Also, any problems arising in connection with s20 bills…Emergancy Lighting…Fire precautions…Etc…

Hosting the meet – Dr Brian Potter

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month

All Islington council leaseholders are welcome.

X (FKA “Twitter”) @ilaorguk

Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation

Please join or renew your membership via our website ww.ila.org.uk . You can obtain the appropriate membership forms from the “Support” tab in menu

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Leaseholder Survey

Please note the deadline date is 26/9/25…

At last, LKP has published background to responding to the highly important government consultation on regulations under the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Act, 2024. It can be found here. It would be good to get as many leaseholders to respond as possibly by the deadline of 26th September. I know it is close, but it is detailed and the guidance is all there is to help leaseholder respondents counter the many interested parties whose livelihoods depend on what we pay…

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ILA meeting Tuesday 9th September 2025

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Post date August 31, 2025
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ISLINGTON LEASEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION (ILA)

MEETING on TUESDAY the

9th September 2025 at

7-9pm in
St Mary’s Church, Upper Street

(located approximately 100 yards from the Town Hall, walking towards the Angel) at

7-9pm

Please be aware that we will have door attendance every 10-15 mins…so just ring the reception bell if the door is closed/unattended…

Also, any problems arising in connection with s20 bills…Emergancy Lighting…Fire precautions…Etc…

Hosting the meet – Dr Brian Potter

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month

All Islington council leaseholders are welcome.

X (FKA “Twitter”) @ilaorguk

Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation

Please join or renew your membership via our website ww.ila.org.uk . You can obtain the appropriate membership forms from the “Support” tab in menu

Tags Ila, ILA Islington Leaseholders meeting, Islington Council, Islington Leaseholders Association, Islington Leaseholders meeting, leaseholder, Leaseholders, Meeting, overcharging, Service Charges, St Mary’s Church

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ILA meeting Tuesday 12th August 2025

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Post date August 11, 2025
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ISLINGTON LEASEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION (ILA)

MEETING on TUESDAY the

12th August 2025 at

7-9pm in
St Mary’s Church, Upper Street

(located approximately 100 yards from the Town Hall, walking towards the Angel) at

7-9pm

Please be aware that we will have door attendance every 10-15 mins…so just ring the reception bell if the door is closed/unattended…

Also, any problems arising in connection with s20 bills…Emergancy Lighting…Fire precautions…Etc…

Hosting the meet – Dr Brian Potter

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month

All Islington council leaseholders are welcome.

X (FKA “Twitter”) @ilaorguk

Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation

Please join or renew your membership via our website ww.ila.org.uk . You can obtain the appropriate membership forms from the “Support” tab in menu

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ILA meeting Tuesday 8th July 2025

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Post date July 3, 2025
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ISLINGTON LEASEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION (ILA)

MEETING on TUESDAY the

8th July 2025 at

7-9pm in
St Mary’s Church, Upper Street

(located approximately 100 yards from the Town Hall, walking towards the Angel) at

7-9pm

Please be aware that we will have door attendance every 10-15 mins…so just ring the reception bell if the door is closed/unattended…

Also, any problems arising in connection with s20 bills…Emergancy Lighting…Fire precautions…Etc…

Hosting the meet – Dr Brian Potter

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month

All Islington council leaseholders are welcome.

X (FKA “Twitter”) @ilaorguk

Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation

Please join or renew your membership via our website ww.ila.org.uk . You can obtain the appropriate membership forms from the “Support” tab in menu

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