Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Council announces competition for local families to build their own home
Anyone who lives, works or studies in Hackney invited to apply for the Self-Build Challenge, which makes use of land too small for council developments
Read More‘Life in the old dog yet’: Hackney Law Centre thanks donors as it celebrates 40th anniversary
Housing solicitor Nathaniel Mathews explains the difficulties of law under lockdown as the Centre bounces back from funding struggle
Read MoreIsolated or lonely residents ‘will not be forgotten’, vows housing chief
Popularity of Town Hall’s new Let’s Talk service prompts determination to ensure users are ‘not lost when normality returns’
Read MoreCouncil considering how to restart housing repairs after lockdown
Majority of projects, including widespread fire door installations, currently on hold
Read MoreCoronavirus: Benyon Estate urged to shelve ‘co-living’ flats on Kingsland Basin
Hackney Society joins calls for a rethink, arguing that healthy living for residents would be “impossible” during a lockdown
Read MoreLocals mourn loss of Happy Man Tree as Woodberry Down Estate plans approved
Popular London Plane tree to be torn down along with five blocks to clear the way for 600 new homes
Read MoreCoronavirus: ‘Buy up empty homes to ease overcrowding’, Hackney MP tells government
Meg Hillier and fellow MP Karen Buck urge Whitehall to ‘relieve pressure on overstretched housing sector’
Read MoreNumber of Hackney families in temporary housing outside London up five-fold since 2017
Hackney Green Party calls for ‘rethink of council’s approach’ as Town Hall calls for ‘real investment’ in social housing
Read MoreTown Hall told to pay thousands to mother and son over ‘unsuitable accommodation’
Watchdog finds family’s living conditions had ‘detrimental effect on their mental health and wellbeing’
Read MoreHousing boss warns of ‘worrying trend’ as social tenancy levels halve in a year
Leading charity concerned there is ‘very little housing officers can do’ to prevent people being priced out of London
Read MoreTown Hall tests out digital noticeboards and new signs for Hackney’s estates
Screens carrying up-to-the-minute information on repairs, local events and meetings are being trialled in Homerton and Hoxton
Read MoreBridport House residents face community break-up as remedial works agreed
‘Our lives have been turned upside down’: council to consider trauma support for displaced Colville Estate tenants
Read MoreLeader – Too houseproud
Blaming the housing crisis entirely on the government doesn’t wash when the council has more to do closer to home
Read MoreHackney rated bottom in England for ‘liveability’ as activists call for change
Liberal Democrats argue for more borrowing to build housing as borough posts low scores in combined index of ‘opportunity, affordability and desirability’
Read MoreTown Hall breaks ground on new homes ‘firmly rooted’ in Stamford Hill’s Jewish community
Tower Court will feature 50 family-oriented properties, Shabbat-compliant lifts and a new base for Hatzola ambulance service
Read MoreLetter: ‘I don’t apologise for leading a council that prudently invests in the future’
Mayor of Hackney Philip Glanville responds to the Citizen’s view that the Town Hall is ‘playing fast and loose with the property market’
Read More‘Homes not hotels’: Protestors lose out at planning committee as ‘harmful’ Chocolate Studios development gets go-ahead
‘We’re very disappointed. The developers quite clearly stated they couldn’t be bothered to speak to the residents’, says councillor
Read MoreSpace found for socially rented flats in new Woodberry Down block
‘It’s a pretty good deal to get, because the figures at the start were slightly different,’ says community organisation chair
Read MoreLeader – Home for Christmas
Amid a housing crisis, the pressure on local charities is growing – now they need your help more than ever
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
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