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Islington Tribune - by ROISIN GADELRAB
Published: 10 October 2008

Fury over £3k away day for HfI

HOUSING chiefs have spurned their own conference facilities in Islington in favour of holding an away day meeting in a lush Mayfair hotel.
Homes for Islington (HfI), which manages the borough’s housing stock, is sending 17 board members, five senior managers and three support staff to the four-star Hilton hotel in Green Park, for a day of strategy and planning discussions.
The cost for room hire, facilities and lunch for the day is £3,000 – £120 a head. No overnight stays are planned.
A HfI spokesman said: “This is a one day strategy and planning day for the HfI board and senior managers. This is a normal activity for a board responsible for the governance of an organisation.”
The news has infuriated Brian Potter chairman of Federation of Islington Tenants Associations, who said: “We paid £2.6million to restore the HfI building. They have their own meeting room.
“Why should they go to a four-star hotel? That money could have gone to old age pensioners or tenants associations instead of being wasted on four-star hotels.”

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