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Equal Opportunities
Preface Leeds HMO Lobby seeks equality of opportunity
for its beneficiaries, its protoganists, and in the ways the one
serves the other.
1 Purpose Leeds HMO Lobby’s very constitution
is dedicated to equality of opportunity: the Lobby’s aim is
to promote equal opportunity for all Leeds residents to live in
balanced, sustainable communities, specifically by resisting the
domination of communities by concentrations of Houses in Multiple
Occupation (HMOs). The Lobby’s explicit concern is with opportunity
for different household types and tenures, which in turn concerns
especially (but not only) opportunity for diversity of age, class
and ethnicity.
2 Participation Leeds HMO Lobby is an association
of associations: its members are collectives, not individuals. The
Lobby is constituted of local community associations, that is, associations
which are geographically-based and whose membership is therefore
open to all within their area of interest (rather than sectional
associations). The Lobby’s member associations therefore by
definition pursue equality of opportunity – and indeed, their
membership of the Lobby is in itself a demonstration of this commitment.
3 Procedure Leeds HMO Lobby endeavours to conduct
all its business, remote or face-to-face, so that any representative
of its member associations may participate.
3.1 In the interest of effectiveness, and therefore
of economy and efficiency, the Lobby conducts its internal and external
communications electronically. However, paper copies of all documents
are also made available to member representatives without internet
access.
3.2 Meetings of member representatives are held
at venues which are fully accessible, and at times which are mutually
agreed.
3.3 Member organisations are encouraged to nominate
representatives, as far as possible, who represent the diversity
of their membership.
Leeds HMO Lobby, 3 July 2006
Leeds HMO Lobby
email: hmolobby@hotmail.com
website: www.hmolobby.org.uk/leeds
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