Documents lodged on the UK Government’s Companies House website on Christmas Eve show that the process of liquidating the joint venture between Powys County Council and Kier construction is now underway and will take a year to finish.
HOWPS conducted repairs and maintenance on Powys’ housing stock – 5,400 homes and 630 other properties including schools.
But problems dogged HOWPS from its formation in 2017 which caused the partnership to be continually questioned by councillors.
The contract was set to run until 2027 but a break clause which allowed either party to terminate the partnership in July 2022 was invoked by the council.
At that time around 150 workers were transferred to work for Powys many of which had been transferred…
