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Why get involved?

There are four main reasons why getting involved in the democratic life of the TMO is important:

  1. The TMO exists to provide services to residents. Those services will be improved and offer greater value for money over time if residents are fully involved in monitoring, evaluating and influencing those services, how they work and how they are delivered.
  2. The TMO is lead by an elected board. The board members should be held accountable for their decisions. Active involvement by residents helps ensure accountability.
  3. The TMO is more than the ‘sum of people’s homes’; it has a direct interest in ensuring safe, clean, well maintained communities. Resident involvement helps establish standards and ensures that all residents can come to value their community.
    Involving all residents is the key to obtaining the acceptance of such standards.
  4. Homes are not islands. What happens with one property may impact adversely upon a neighbour. This can be true of poorly maintained homes as it is of poorly behaved residents. The TMO and residents have an interest in seeing property properly maintained and in ensuring that anti-social behaviour is unacceptable.
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