Haringey Council has rebutted claims made by the Love Lane Leaseholders’ Association.

According to the Association the Council is trying to move residents off the Love Lane Estate or profit from those who wish to stay.

This comes despite Haringey seeking the views of the Estate’s leaseholders on the draft Love Lane offer made in a public consultation between January 15 and February 9, 2018.

Mari Henoa, chairman of the Love Lane Leaseholders’ Association, said: “Far too little, far too late.

“The offer falls well short of what we were hoping for, and is yet another example of the shoddy treatment leaseholders has come to expect from the Council.”

It is alleged the Council is offering to buy homes below market value, putting leaseholders under pressure to sell despite being voluntary and compensation being set at a minimum.

Love Lane Leaseholders’ Association also allege the Council plan to buy shared-equity homes from the developer for £190,400, selling them back to residents for £500,000.

However, Haringey Council say they have been meeting with leaseholders to discuss the proposed package deal throughout.

Once agreed - now the consultation has ended – the offer will go to Cabinet for consideration.

The Council point out that in documents pertaining to the offer to leaseholders on Love Lane Estate it is explained the figures shown are used to demonstrate how the deal would work.

The Council emphasise the figures are not based on actual house prices.

It vehemently opposes the figures given by the Association, and state clearly that they are not selling any leaseholder homes at £500,000.

A spokesman for Haringey Council, said: “We aim to provide leaseholders living on Love Lane a fair and generous compensation package as part of our plans to transform the area.

“This is why we are consulting on our offer and have conducted a series of meetings and workshops with leaseholders living on the estate.

“This offer includes a guaranteed right of return, full market value for the property, a generous compensation package and support to help them into another home on the estate or elsewhere in the borough.

“The proposed offer exceeds our legal obligations and is more than many other London boroughs offer.

“The property value will be independently assessed – we are committed to ensuring that no resident is left financially worse off and there is an affordable option so leaseholders can remain on the estate if they want to.”

The draft Love Lane Leaseholder offer was developed after two months of discussion with leaseholders on the Estate, which included three workshops between November 2017 and January 2018.

To view the document that has gone to all leaseholders go to https://www.tottenham.london/sites/default/files/u34/love_lane_enhanced_leaseholders_offer_consultation_a4_20pp_final_web.pdf.

To see the Love Lane Enhanced Leaseholder offer go to www.tottenham.london/HRWconsultation.