My father, Dudley Savill, who has died aged 85, worked for much of his life in the field of social housing in London, with a particular interest in promoting tenants’ rights and participation.
He was Notting Hill Housing Trust’s first tenant welfare officer (1966-69), later becoming a housing and tenants’ rights consultant at the National Consumer Council (NCC, 1976-79) and then the London housing manager for the Carr-Gomm Society (1982-87), ending his career as a participation officer at the housing support and advocacy organisation Hestia, trying to ensure that tenants had a greater say in the management of their homes.