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Landlord ordered to repay tenants £11,000 of rent after failed court bid
Joseph Campbell was taken to court by his former tenants and was found to be running an unlicensed HMO.
Read MoreHackney’s once-famous forgotten family to be rediscovered as book republished with a twist
Hackney’s horticultural history stretches back hundreds of years, and one of its most famous figures and his family are set to be celebrated in a republished book.
Read MoreHackney Green mayoral candidate calls to ‘break up the Met’ following report into ‘systemic’ racism
Green councillor Zoë Garbett called for the Met’s directorates to be separated and for London residents to “rethink how we keep each other safe.”
Read More‘Our job is not to make profit, our job is to deliver impact’ – the community groups revolutionising Hackney’s green energy
Crew Energy is just one of the many community energy groups making headway in Hackney and bringing renewable power to the borough.
Read More‘Get a handle on housing crisis,’ Mayor of London told
Only 6,370 affordable homes have been started since 2023, despite Sadiq Khan promising at least 17,800 by next March
Read MoreTown Hall pays resident £1k after stopping care payments without back-up plan
Council apologises to vulnerable woman for causing distress in ‘complex case’
Read MoreHackney Council set to spend nearly £40m on agency staff
The Town Hall has cut expenditure on temporary staff since last year, but admits to ongoing recruitment challenges
Read MoreHackney residents slam landlord’s plan for two large HMOs
Council rejects seven- and nine-bedroom shared homes following complaints from neighbours and politicians
Read MoreEmpty primary school poised to reopen as specialist facility for SEND children
Baden Powell school was closed by the council last year due to falling pupil numbers
Read MoreGrassroots renewable energy group transforms West Hackney church into ‘greenest in the country’
Stokey Energy has now installed solar panels on more than a dozen buildings across the borough, including a West Hackney church
Read MoreRomeo Bremmer, 17, wins British Citizen Youth Award – ‘The work’s just begun’
‘Without the Windrush elders, I wouldn’t have had the foundations to do what I’m doing today’
Read More‘How To Get On With Everybody’ – Inspiring documentary about beloved Hackney rabbi to show at the Rio Cinema
‘It’s a very nice film’ says Rabbi Herschel Gluck, ‘a very beautiful film’
Read MoreHackney couple could end up paying more in service charges despite High Court victory
John and Adenike Williams were previously awarded £20,000 in damages by Hackney Council for wrongly placing their children in foster care
Read MoreClapton ‘eyesore’ unrecognisable as vibrant new mural celebrates ‘nature and community spirit’
The mural has become the ‘centrepiece’ of a once ‘unloved’ part of Lower Clapton, according to residents.
Read MoreHoxton legal advice service at risk of closure after 32 years as charity scrambles for funding
The Hoxton Trust’s CEO says funding options to keep the service open ‘are now quite severely limited’
Read More‘I’ve had to boil the kettle and fill the sink for a flannel wash’ – council leaves woman without hot water for a month
‘Hackney is treating a 30-day delay in restoring hot water as reasonable’
Read MoreHackney Co-op slammed for damp and mould failures as Awaab’s Law comes into force
Housing Ombudsman says his latest report shows the need for a new law requiring landlords to fix hazards sooner
Read MoreCommunity group condemns plans to demolish Rowley Gardens Estate for a ‘monolith as penetrable as Uluru’
Friends of Rowley Gardens calls for the block to be renovated rather than bulldozed as part of the Woodberry Down regeneration
Read MoreCouncil accused of ‘salami slicing’ library budgets
‘It is about time this Labour council called on the central government to provide more funding’
Read MoreCouncil’s £51 million budget gap likely to increase if ‘Fair Funding Review’ left unchanged
Concerns raised over ‘detrimental’ impact of government’s review on council finances
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