Posts Tagged ‘affordable housing’
Plans for Kingsland tower blocks ignite affordable housing concerns
Criterion Capital lodges application to demolish Matalan store and build 254 flats at rear of Dalston bazaar
Read More‘History will judge’: Morning Lane campaigners to fight on despite warning from Hackney Mayor over affordable housing
Borough leader says major town centre development will struggle to make 50 per cent of homes available at social rent
Read MoreCouncil accused of ‘prioritising private interests’ in Morning Lane plans
People’s Space campaign condemns Town Hall’s decision not to release its correspondence with developer Hackney Walk
Read More‘Just one social rent home in 2019’: Disappointment at Town Hall over ‘poor performance’ with affordable housing
Council officer cites Brexit uncertainty but says ‘no one single reason’ for underwhelming figures
Read MoreTown Hall admits flagship scheme could build fewer affordable homes than first planned
Two over budget schemes prompt questions on how projections of housing delivery can be trusted
Read MoreLegal row brewing between campaigners and council over Clapton garden build-over
Town Hall accused of ‘riding roughshod’ over local people but states legal challenge to plans has no grounds
Read MoreLeader – Hack to the future: the next ten years
An evocation of ‘the world of Hackney in 2028’ in honour of our 10th anniversary
Read MoreLincoln Court residents launch petition against council plans to turn play space into housing
Hackney mayor calls the effort a ‘campaign against council housing during a housing crisis’
Read MoreDiane Abbott MP: ‘The only real solution to the housing crisis’
The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington sets out what should be done to tackle homelessness and the lack of genuinely affordable housing
Read More‘A massive slap in the face’: residents slam council’s plans to build high rise towers on top of schools
Campaigners fume at ‘lack of transparency’ in planning process ahead of vital meeting over high-rise developments in Hoxton and Hackney Downs
Read MoreVenting about renting in Hackney
Twitter campaign illustrates that depth of feeling over housing woes goes deeper than a hashtag
Read MoreWhat are the alternatives to ‘boring’ Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme?
Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe and East London residents outline their own proposals for £800 million project
Read MoreResidents of New Era Estate in Hoxton secure means-tested rents
Housing charity managing the New Era estate has announced a “radical new rent policy”
Read MoreLeader – Mayor must stand tall to block towers
‘Excessively’ tall buildings are being flung up across the borough – the Mayor should take more of a stand against them
Read MoreDerelict Homerton pub to become second ‘pocket home’ development
The Deuragon Arms will be demolished to make way for 29 one-bedroom microflats aimed at the borough’s ‘city-makers’
Read MoreExclusive: Squatters take over former Hackney Central police station
Homelessness not politics is motivation, claim occupiers
Read MoreHackney Council fails in High Court legal bid to block affordable rent increase
Town Hall and eight other local authorities had challenged Boris Johnson’s policy
Read MoreHow the council is tackling Hackney’s affordable housing crisis
Tenants in social housing to be given first refusal on shared ownership homes, says Councillor Philip Glanville
Read MoreHousing co-operative targets empty Hackney homes
As the shortage of low cost housing in Hackney becomes more acute, the Hackney Citizen reports on a scheme to breathe new life into the borough’s empty and abandoned homes
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