...Britains
largest fully mutual Housing Co-operative
New
Chairperson Announced
Our new
Chairperson, Martin Van Der Lee, lives in the Clerkhill area of Peterhead
and is very active in his local community. He is an NHS Advocate and
a strong champion of the rights of disabled people. Martin comes
from the
Netherlands
originally where there is a long tradition of co-operatives and he is
firmly committed to people being in control of their housing and their
communities. He says – ‘I am delighted to be the Chairperson and
I am very pleased that the Dutch, who have over 100 years experience of
housing co-operatives and associations, look up to Tenants First’s
unique structure of power sharing and tenant control’.