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RE: Housing Corporation - Race Equality Scheme‎
From: Derrick Lynch (raceequalitysecretservice@hotmail.co.uk)
Sent: 02 August 2007 14

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To: marianne.zierau@housingcorp.gsx.gov.uk
Cc: neil.mawson@mht.co.uk; mht_north_thames@mht.co.uk; info@mhp-online.co.uk; customer_services@mht.co.uk; applications&enquiries@mht.co.uk; info@grantahousing.org.uk; cphenquiries@cph-online.co.uk;

Housing Corporation
Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 7BN
Tel: 020 7393 2283
Fax: 020 7393 2099
E-mail marianne.zierau@housingcorp.gsx.gov.uk
Home : Housing Corporation

Date: 2 August 2007

Dear Marianne Zierau - Information and Complaints Assistant ,

Thank you for your letter dated 26 July 2007, Ref: MZ/FOIA/206 and the attached Employee Ethnicity Analysis information.

1) You said, on behalf of the Housing Corporation, and I quote:

"The reasons why we believe that none of the Corporation's departments are institutionally racist are that all candidates for posts at the Corporation are expected at interview and through the entire selection process to demonstrate their commitment to equality of opportunity."

Does the Housing Corporation actually ask prospective candidates if they are Racist or not and keep a record of their replies?

2) You said, on behalf of the Housing Corporation, and I quote:

"Accordingly I enclose sheets showing ethnicity analysis of senior managers and ethnicity of all staff by department and grade for each of the last three years, so that you can make your own comparisons."

I have made an analysis of the data in a spread sheet program and examined the trend lines of White staff compared to BME (non-white) staff over the last three (3) years.

I have found:
no upward trend in any of the Housing Corporation departments of BME (non-white) staff whatsoever over the last three (3) years.

an apparently severe underrepresentation of BME (non-white) staff at the most Senior Management levels of the Housing Corporation over the last three (3) years.

a decline in BME (non-white) representation at the most Senior Management levels of the Housing Corporation over the last three (3) years.

a few higher level Housing Corporation departments that have had no BME (non-white) representation whatsoever over the last three (3) years.

Has anybody done an analysis of the Housing Corporation department data and had the same results as I have?

The analysis to date would justify a conclusion that the Housing Corporation is a suspect White Supremacist Racist organisation. Is there any further information you can provide to show otherwise?

3) You said, on behalf of the Housing Corporation, and I quote:

"we are satisfied that employees at all levels operate within the principles of our commitment to equality and diversity."

Who are the "we" in the above sentence?

Who exactly is responsible for that conclusion and have they seen an analysis of the Housing Corporation Employee Ethnicity data over the last three (3) years or more?

Thank you for your cooperation.

Kind regards

Derrick Lynch

Race Equality Secret Service

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Subject: RE: Housing Corporation - Race Equality Scheme
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:04:07 +0100
From: Marianne.Zierau@housingcorp.gsx.gov.uk
To: raceequalitysecretservice@hotmail.co.uk

Thank you for your E-mail. We will deal with your request under the Freedom of Information Act and we will reply to you in due course.

Marianne Zierau | Information and Complaints Assistant
Housing Corporation | Maple House | 149 Tottenham Court Road | London W1T 7BN
Tel: 020 7393 2283 | Fax: 020 7393 2099
E-mail marianne.zierau@housingcorp.gsx.gov.uk
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From: Derrick Lynch [mailto:raceequalitysecretservice@hotmail.co.uk]
Sent: 04 June 2007 10:59
To: Marianne Zierau; anna.creer@mht.co.uk; neil.mawson@mht.co.uk; mht_north_thames@mht.co.uk; info@mhp-online.co.uk; customer_services@mht.co.uk; applications&enquiries@mht.co.uk; info@grantahousing.org.uk; cphenquiries@cph-online.co.uk;
Subject: Housing Corporation - Race Equality Scheme

Dear Marianne Zierau - Information and Complaints Assistant,

Thank your for your letter dated 1 June 2007 Ref: MZ/FOIA/205.

Please would you arrange for the correct person to send me the answer to these specific questions. Please would you ensure that no Racist staff answer these questions as White Supremacist, Racist Terrorist staff will try to lump all these questions together in an attempt to confuse the situation.

These White Supremacist, Racist Terrorists are responsible for the systematic abuse of the non-white community and are the cause of incompetent administration, stress in the work place, misappropriation of housing funds, premature deaths, domestic violence and gun crime on the streets.

1. Are any of the Housing Corporation departments Institutionally Racist which is the same as White Supremacist?

2. How many of the Housing Corporation Departments have the correct number of Black and Minority Ethnic staff in Executuve, Directorship and Senior Management positions?

3. What checks are in place to ensure that staff in Housing Corporation Departments are not members of Racist organisations?

4. Please would you send me by post and email the latest performance results of the Housing Corporation Race Equality/Diversity Scheme.

5. Would you please send me the 16+1 Ethnic Classification statistics for all Housing Corporation Directorship, Executive and Senior Management.

I look forward to your reply so that I can communicate the answers to people in the community network.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Yours in good faith and hope.

Derrick Lynch - Community Reporter
42 Forest Road
Edmonton
London N9 8RU

Race Equality Secret Service

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Subject: RE: Metropolitan Housing Trust - Race Equality Scheme - Hidden Results
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:43:04 +0100

Dear Marianne Zierau - Information and Complaints Assistant,

Thank your for your letter which was prompt, helpful and detailed.

I have looked at the Housing Corporation's website but I could not find any statistics about Black and Minority Ethnic representation at all levels of the organisation. Please would you send me this information.

Please would you advise who I should ask to get an answer to questions 1, 2, and 3. The questions are copied below in the previous corespondence for your convenience.

Thank you once again for your efforts.

Kind regards

Derrick Lynch - Community Reporter
47 Forest Road
Edmonton
London N9 8RU

Race Equality Secret Service

> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:37:16 +0100
> From: Anna.Creer@mht.co.uk
> To: raceequalitysecretservice@hotmail.co.uk
> Subject: Re: Metropolitan Housing Trust - Race Equality Scheme - Hidden Results
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> Thank you for your email. I will take your response up with Neil Mawson.
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> Anna Creer
> PA to Neil Mawson
> Regional Director North Thames
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> Phone: 020-8976-1042
> Fax: 020-8979-1199
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> Dear Mr. Neil Mawson,
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> Thank you for your reply.
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> 1. How is it possible for the MHP to "affirm in the strongest terms that MHP is definitely not institutionally racist or white supremacist" and not provide any evidence to back up the statement?
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> This kind of behaviour is common among White Supremacist Racist Terrorists in Trustee, Directorship, Executive and Senior management positions.
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> 2. Are you refusing to share information about the performance of MHP Race Equality Scheme/Diversity Scheme?
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> 3. From your response in regards to the 'third point' am I correct in saying that it is possible for Racists to come to interviews with the MHP and not be asked if they are members of Racist organisations?
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> I look forward to your reply so that I can communicate the results to my community network and I will be in contact with the Housing Corporation.
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> Kind regards
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> Derrick Lynch
> Race Equality Secret Service Reporter
> 47 Forest Road
> Edmonton
> London N9 8RU
> Race Equality Secret Service
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NM/csmi Mr D Lynch47 Forest RoadEdmontonLondonN9 8RU 16th May 2007 Dear Mr Lynch Race Equality Scheme e-mail received by MHP 24 April 2007 Thank you for your e-mail contact regarding Metropolitan Housing Partnership’s approach to race equality. In answer to the five questions you are seeking information for regarding our approach to embedding race equality: Firstly, we would affirm in the strongest terms that MHP is definitely not institutionally racist or white supremacist and that we have every faith in the senior member of staff who you spoke to briefly in the lift at Edmonton. We take steps to ensure that our staff are made aware of their individual responsibilities arising from our Equalities and Diversity Strategy, policy and our Fair Treatment Statement. These key documents clearly set out our vision and our core organisational values for equalities and diversity across the partnership. In addition they stress the highest importance placed on everyone delivering discriminatory free, diversity-aware services in all our varied settings. Our staff have access to high quality training on exceeding our responsibilities under legislation and regulation, including delivering equalities and diversity aware services encompassing age, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion or belief. We are working hard to make a real difference for our customers across these six key strands of diversity, including race equality. In answer to your second and fifth point: We complete an annual review of staff ethnicity across the partnership, which includes all seven of our business units and all their service settings eg schemes, offices etc. Robust scrutiny of this data is key to identifying any under-represented or marginalised groups within our workforce and at all seniority levels across the business. This work is currently underway for April 2006 * 07. This targeted work also forms an important part of our MHP wide Equalities and Diversity Action Plan. Our most senior MHP Board for example is representative of the BME communities we serve and our levels of BME staff across the business exceed that of the communities we serve.
> Your third point: Organisational policies and procedures are in place to take the strongest response to any discriminatory practice. We clearly have an obligation to ensure that all our employees act appropriately within the workplace and all of our policies reflect this. We expect staff to promote discriminatory free services which are inclusive and equitable in approach across all our dealings. Your fourth point: Housing Associations are not currently required to produce Race Equality Schemes and this responsibility is deferred to the Housing Corporation which is our regulatory and quasi-public body based in London. The Housing Corporation website has details of their Race Equality Scheme for the housing sector. Statutory or public authorities such as local councils and health authorities do have a responsibility however, to produce and publish a race equality scheme with performance results on their website. I hope this answers your concerns regarding the seriousness with which the partnership aims to recognise and respond to our race equality responsibilities. Yours sincerely, Neil MawsonRegional DirectorNorth Thames
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> From: "Anna Creer" <Anna.Creer@mht.co.uk>
> To: "Derrick Lynch" <raceequalitysecretservice@hotmail.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Metropolitan Housing Trust - Race Equality Scheme -Resend!
> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:56:55 +0100
> >Thanks for your email - I will take your points up with Julia Allen and Neil Mawson and get back to you as soon as possible.
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> >Anna Creer
> >PA to Neil Mawson
> >Regional Director North Thames
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> >Phone: 020-8976-1042
> >Fax: 020-8979-1199
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> > >>> "Derrick Lynch" <raceequalitysecretservice@hotmail.co.uk> 05/14/07 3:30 pm >>>
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> >Dear Neil Mawson Regional Director North Thames,
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> >Thank you for your reply.
> >Unfortunately you have failed to answer all of the questions except one and you have neglected to provide details and statistics about the performance of the MHT Race Equality / Diversity Scheme.
> >This could be the result of incompetence in the MHT adminstration not providing you with the full list of questions therefore I have copied all the questions below for you convenience.
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> >I look forward to your reply as I cannot complete my report to the community network with the information provided so far.
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> >Kind regards
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> >Derrick Lynch
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> >Race Equality Secret Service
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> > NM/csmi 2nd May 2007 Dear Mr Lynch, Re: Race Equality Scheme e-mail received by MHP on 24th April 2007 Thank you for your e-mail contact regarding Metropolitan Housing Partnership’s approach to race equality. I would affirm in the strongest terms that MHP is definitely not institutionally racist or white supremacist and that we have every faith in the equalities and diversity awareness of the senior member of staff who you spoke to briefly in Edmonton. MHP has an Equalities and Diversity Strategy, policy and detailed action plan, which includes race equality and meets the requirements of legislation and regulation. I hope this answers your concerns regarding the seriousness with which the partnership aims to recognise and respond to our race equality responsibilities. We are keen to engage with our diverse communities to identify individual needs in a fully inclusive way. Yours sincerely, Neil MawsonRegional DirectorNorth Thames
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> > Race Equality Secret Service
> >From: "MHP" <MHP@mhp-online.co.uk>
> >To: "Derrick Lynch" <raceequalitysecretservice@hotmail.co.uk>
> >Subject: Re: Metropolitan Housing Trust - Race Equality Scheme -Resend!
> >Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 12:08:30 +0100
> > >Dear Mr Lynch
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> > >Thank you for resending us your e mail.
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> > >Neil Mawson, Regional Director, MHT North Thames, has responded to you
> > >by letter. I understand from his office that the letter was sent by post
> > >to you on 2nd May to the Edmonton address you give below.
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> > >Please let us know if you have not received this letter and we will
> > >resend it.
> > >
> > >Regards
> > >
> > >Communications
> > >MHP
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> > >"Working with residents for better homes and stronger communities"
> > >Metropolitan Housing Partnership is a family of successful businesses
> > >providing housing, regenration and community and supoort services. Visit
> > >our website for more information at ww.mhp-online.co.uk
> > >
> > >
> > > >>> "Derrick Lynch" <raceequalitysecretservice@hotmail.co.uk> 05/09/07
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> > >Metropolitan Housing Trust,
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> > >I am a member of the RESS and I happened to be visiting when I met a
> > >group of people from the Metropolitan Housing Trust yesterday in a lift
> > >in Edmonton. I briefly spoke to a woman wearing an Assisistant
> > >Director/Manager badge and asked her if the Metropolitan Housing Trust
> > >had a successful Race Equality Scheme. I was very disturbed by her
> > >answer and attitude which caused me to suspect that the Metropolitan
> > >Housing Trust is an Institutionally Racist organisation.
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> > >If it is true that the problem of Institutional Racism which is White
> > >Supremacy exists in the Metropolitan Housing Trust and this problem is
> > >not solved, Racists in Executive, Directorship and Senior Management
> > >positions will sabotage and disrupt the work of non-racist staff. I
> > >think you would agree that in order to achieve good health services,
> > >White Supremacist staff which are the same as Racist staff must be
> > >rooted out urgently.
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> > >Please would you send me the answer to these three (3) specific
> > >questions. Please would you ensure that no Racist staff answer these
> > >questions as White Supremacist, Racist Terrorist staff will try to lump
> > >all these questions together in an attempt to confuse the situation.
> > >
> > >These White Supremacist, Racist Terrorists are responsible for the
> > >systematic abuse of the non-white community and are the cause of
> > >incompetent administration, stress in the work place, misappropriation
> > >of housing funds, premature deaths, domestic violence and gun crime on
> > >the streets.
> > >
> > >1. Are any of the Metropolitan Housing Trust departments
> > >Institutionally Racist which is the same as White Supremacist?
> > >
> > >2. How many of the Metropolitan Housing Trust Departments have the
> > >correct number of Black and Minority Ethnic staff in Executuve,
> > >Directorship and Senior Management positions?
> > >
> > >3. What checks are in place to ensure that staff in Metropolitan
> > >Housing Trust Departments are not members of Racist organisations?
> > >
> > >4. Please would you send me the latest performance results of the
> > >Metropolitan Housing Trust Race Equality/Diversity Scheme.
> > >
> > >5. Would you please send me the 16+1 Ethnic Classification of all
> > >Metropolitan Housing Trust Directorship, Executive and Senior
> > >Management.
> > >
> > >I look forward to your reply so that I can communicate the answers to
> > >people in the community network.
> > >
> > >Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
> > >
> > >Yours in good faith and hope.
> > >
> > >Derrick Lynch
> > >47 Forest Road
> > >Edmonton
> > >London N9 8RU
> > >
> > > Race Equality Secret Service
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> >The Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP) is a family of successful
> >businesses providing housing, regeneration, and community and support
> >services.The Businesses in the Partnership are: Metropolitan Housing Trust,
> >Metropolitan Home Ownership, Spirita, Granta Housing Society, Metropolitan
> >Support Trust, Metropolitan Living Limited and Clapham Park Homes.
> >
> >The Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited Registered Office is Cambridge House,
> >109 Mayes Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UR. MHT is a charitable RSL,
> >registered under the Industrial Provident Societies Act 1965, No. 16337R
> >and registered with the Housing Corporation, No. LO726.
> >
> >Metropolitan Housing Partnership is the brand name for the Group of which
> >Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited is the parent.
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> >For further information visit Metropolitan Housing Partnership - MHP
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> The Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP) is a family of successful
> businesses providing housing, regeneration, and community and support
> services.The Businesses in the Partnership are: Metropolitan Housing Trust,
> Metropolitan Home Ownership, Spirita, Granta Housing Society, Metropolitan
> Support Trust, Metropolitan Living Limited and Clapham Park Homes.
>
> The Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited Registered Office is Cambridge House,
> 109 Mayes Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UR. MHT is a charitable RSL,
> registered under the Industrial Provident Societies Act 1965, No. 16337R
> and registered with the Housing Corporation, No. LO726.
>
> Metropolitan Housing Partnership is the brand name for the Group of which
> Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited is the parent.
>
> For further information visit Metropolitan Housing Partnership - MHP
>

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