20 January 2006
A London borough has called off any further stock transfer ballots after tenants on five estates rejected plans to switch their homes to housing associations.
Tower Hamlets is a third of the way through running up to 66 ballots after choosing to try to transfer its stock on an estate-by-estate basis. To date, 15 have resulted in yes votes with seven rejections.
A council spokeswoman said it was not practical to run further ballots so close to the local elections on May 4 because of laws covering publicity.
However, it is likely that the ballots will resume if Labour continues to control the borough after the elections.
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