Bloomsbury EMB is a Tenant management organisation

Tenant management organisation

Tenant Management Organisations are organisations set up under United Kingdom law which allow residents of council housing or housing association homes in the United Kingdom can take over responsibility of the running of their homes...

 in England, running 659 social housing properties on behalf of Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council

The Birmingham City Council is the body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham in England, which has been a metropolitan district since 1974. It is the most populated local authority in the United Kingdom with, following a reorganisation of boundaries in June 2004, 120 Birmingham...

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Background

Bloomsbury EMB was one of the first Estate Management Boards set up in England, established in 1989. When the UK Government introduced the 'Right to Manage' regulations in 1994 , the EMB wanted to use these to take formal responsibility for running the estate, but it took until 2000 take on these powers through the negotiation of a formal management agreement.