Bosses of the company which oversees the running of 14,000 social homes in Salford have come under fire from the city mayor and MPs over ‘excessive executive pay’. Mayor Paul Dennett has written an open letter to ForViva Group saying it needs to ‘focus on repairs, improvements and building new social housing stock, not excessive executive pay’ after it was downgraded by the Regulator for Social Housing (RSH) over its governance.
ForViva, based in Eccles, is comprised of ForHousing and Liberty. They manage and maintain social homes in the North West.
In the letter, Mr Dennett, Rebecca Long-Bailey (MP for Salford and Eccles) and Barbara Keeley (MP for Worsley and Eccles South) expressed concerns over the downgrading by the RSH. “The RSH investigation found issues with the way ForHousing is run, including a lack of independence in its decision-making and a lack of accountability in the group structure,” their letter said.
