Posts Tagged ‘housing’
‘Explosive’ report questions Town Hall’s proposed tower repair work
Morland leaseholders demand ‘firm evidence’ from council for basis of remedial proposals
Read MoreTown Hall’s new Britannia scheme gets the planning go-ahead
Councillors ‘delighted’ while environmental campaigner calls plans ‘worst I’ve seen for a long time’
Read MoreControversial Britannia scheme recommended for approval
Campaigner ‘sad and disappointed’ ahead of final decision on leisure centre plans
Read MoreThousands of Hackney homes to get new fire-resistant doors
17,000 front doors to be replaced in multimillion-pound council project which is expected to last three years
Read MoreOver 50 sign-ups for Hackney’s community garden manifesto – as council offers to meet organisers
Growers across the borough are uniting in an effort to protect open spaces from development
Read MoreCouncil to look into allegations of illegally-overcrowded Upper Clapton houses
Claims come in wake of application for 13-room HMO on Hawkwood Mount
Read MoreTown Hall defends Marian Court publicity amid claims of ‘spinning the truth’ on housing
Homerton scheme means fewer social rent homes – but is this clear from council publicity?
Read MoreTown Hall says half of £20m in Section 106 money is earmarked for affordable homes and transport
Hackney Council rejects claims of ‘sitting on’ millions in unspent housing money
Read MoreMore than 600 Hackney council homes sold under right-to-buy in six years
Mayor urges government to end ‘arbitrary regulations’ on housing
Read MoreMarian Court demolition and revamp approved with fewer social rent homes
Twelve-storey council scheme green-lit by planning chiefs
Read MoreMayor reaffirms housing pledge after sale of £1m homes in Hackney rises 1,700 per cent
A senior council figure called the finding an ‘unwelcome statistic’
Read MoreIndependent candidate Vernon Williams would build 500 homeless chalets on parks as Hackney Mayor
‘People are basically being treated as disposable peasants’
Read MoreCouncil invites tenants to ‘celebrate their estates’ at free housing festival
Live music and freebies on offer at first ever Your Homes event next month
Read More‘Eyesore’ boiler house in Clapton to be demolished and replaced by block of council flats
Pedro Street plans green-lit last night will provide 26 affordable homes
Read MoreCouncil tackles 3,000 urgent fire safety issues discovered post-Grenfell
Mayor says council is ‘working flat out’ to act on FRAs as front doors are checked on estates
Read MoreTitbits – Quiet consultations and confusing quotations
More on the Town Hall’s communication problems in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreResidents slam council plans to turn ‘thriving’ community garden into housing
Local group Daubeney Fields Forever calls for a rethink, but Town Hall says it is ‘doing all it can to build the homes Hackney needs’
Read MoreHouse-building company plans have not been ‘brought before’ cabinet – despite being promised for 2017
In April council officers said it would be set up “by the end of the year”
Read MoreSign our petition: we call on the Mayor and council to fit fire sprinklers in all of Hackney’s tower blocks
Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, the Hackney Citizen urges immediate action to protect residents living in the borough’s high rises
Read MoreGrenfell Fire: Cladding to be inspected as Hackney plans ‘independent review’
Tower blocks will be checked for fire safety following Grenfell disaster
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