This is Local London reports:
Charges levied on residents as part of a programme of bringing digital television to social housing are “unfair”, residents have claimed.
Merton Priory Homes (MPH), the non-profit company which manages Merton’s ex-council houses, is charging each of its residents more than £400 to replace their analogue aerials as part of the digital TV switchover, which must be completed this year.
Jacqui Mason, who lives in Farnham Gardens, Raynes Park, said the £60 administration charge, which is being asked for from all residents in her estate, in addition to the £357 for the installation works, was “unjust”...
Ms Mason said she was already charged £80 a month for service charges for her flat, and claimed Vinci, the company carrying out the replacement of the roofs and installation of the aerials, should bear the new administration costs itself...


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