Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Town Hall spent over £4.6m on legal costs of disrepair in past year
Deputy mayor and housing boss Guy Nicholson reveals millions spent on compensation and legal costs over past 12 months
Read MoreMayor says Hackney ‘rising to challenge’ amid ‘perilous’ strain on local authorities
Report from Parliament warns there are signs that quality of local authorities’ services are in decline
Read More‘Release the passenger’: Fury at council as more residents stuck in lifts
De Beauvoir estate dwellers say council needs ‘permanent solution’
Read MoreTown Hall risked contempt of court in legal disrepair case, says judge
Council apologises for missing deadline that saw it refused an extension to carry out maintenance works
Read MoreHackney an ‘outlier’ on housing failures, says watchdog
Social housing ombudsman tells Town Hall to strengthen the basics as mayor promises to ‘turns things around’
Read MoreCitizens Advice asks council tenants about heating issues following Hackney estate failures
Service launching new district heating advice service following persistent heating and hot water outages
Read More‘Held hostage’: Residents slam ‘dangerous’ lift failures at council block
Rozel Court dwellers say lifts have been ‘constant problem’ in last decade and lambast services fees as ‘money down the drain’
Read MorePlans 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 MoreNew Era residents to be rehoused this summer as landlord picks developer
Hill Group to rebuild 1930s redbrick estate over a decade after public campaign against rent hikes
Read MoreWatchdog says Town Hall ‘positivity’ blocked ‘real reflection’ over housing failures
Ombudsman says Hackney Council ‘overstated’ improvements and was hindered by poor scrutiny and oversight
Read More‘Gaslighting’: Disabled man trapped in flat for months slams landlord over rehousing delays
Malcolm Cripps was ‘traumatised’ after being unable to leave his building last year but is still in the same property
Read More‘Unbearable’: Rent campaigners lobby council over pregnant single mum in sewage-ridden flat
Town Hall offers formal meeting with resident Eden Laoutaris and London Renters Union following protest
Read MoreCabinet reshuffle triggers opposition concerns over housing failures
Greens welcome housing chief’s resignation as Independent Socialists warn of overloading new boss
Read MoreHackney’s housing chief out in mayor’s cabinet reshuffle
Clayeon McKenzie resigns as head of housing services after nine years, with Guy Nicholson replacing him
Read MoreCouncil to consult on regulating majority of Hackney landlords
Renters union welcomes ‘first step’ towards widespread licensing scheme this summer
Read MoreHackney HMOs twice as dangerous as rest of England, report finds
Council says roughly one in four houses in multiple occupation have ‘serious hazards’
Read More‘Real milestone’ as arts charity announces deal for affordable studios in Hackney Wick
Bow Arts Trust buys up 10,000 square feet of workspace at Hackney Yards development
Read MorePitcairn House residents in service charge strike over living conditions
Thirty-two residents tell Town Hall they will not pay half of fee until ‘grave and urgent’ repairs are completed
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Home on the water?
Our columnist on housing, FILTH, and what a boater’s life is really like
Read MoreHackney Wick co-living plans ‘send signal’ to all developers, says community group
Hackney’s first co-living scheme gets green light – thanks to novel partnership between community and developer
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