Posts Tagged ‘social housing’
Hackney Council has spent £38 million since 2020 buying back houses it used to own
The local authority sold one property for £95,050 in 2014, only to buy it back for £365,000 in 2021
Read MoreMorning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation ‘con job’ in scathing report
Morning Lane People’s Space urges Town Hall to ‘do better’, with ‘future of the town centre at stake’
Read MorePlans approved for new six-storey block which will ‘entirely disrupt the character of the neighbourhood’
Local residents raised concerns about loss of sunlight and the impact on a nearby family contact centre
Read MoreGovernment denies London mayor Sadiq Khan power to impose rent controls
Ministers have ‘no plans whatsoever’ to enable introduction of caps on the amount private landlords can charge
Read MoreLack of gas and electrical safety checks to council homes a ‘serious failure’, says housing regulator
“Report’s findings are disappointing’ says Cllr Clayeon McKenzie, Cabinet Member for Housing Services
Read MoreTown Hall gears up to provide affordable internet to social housing
Mayor Philip Glanville declares intention to ‘harness our own digital assets and estate for the public good’
Read MoreNumber of homes for social rent under completed Woodberry Down plans under scrutiny
Updated plans for seven more socially-rented properties for estate’s Block B approved at planning meeting
Read MoreMayor talks of challenge of ‘squaring the circle’ over borough’s housing
Town Hall boss calls for ‘balance’ in approach to night-time economy during Mayor’s Question Time event
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 More‘Grim reading’: Net loss of hundreds of social rent homes expected under Woodberry Down plans
Town Hall contest figures though unable to directly refute them due to poor record-keeping in the 2000s
Read MoreIndependent candidate Vernon Williams would build 500 homeless chalets on parks as Hackney Mayor
‘People are basically being treated as disposable peasants’
Read MoreHackney tenants unite in battle against ‘poor housing conditions’
A new campaign group is opposing plans to amalgamate Peabody and Family Mosaic housing associations
Read MoreHow Alice Burke cleaned up the Nightingale Estate
The once notorious estate is a far safer place now than it was 20 years ago – something many attribute to the bravery of a 79-year-old great grandmother
Read More“It looks like Legoland now…” – residents speak out over Nightingale Estate regeneration plan
The £200 million scheme will bring 400 new properties for social rent, shared ownership and private sale
Read MoreCampaigners to march against housing bill in weekend of protests
Housing activists to hold vigil outside Hackney Town Hall ahead of a march into central London
Read MoreHackney to lose 915 social homes in estate regeneration ‘disaster’
Critics say plans would ‘benefit wealthy property developers’
Read MoreRight to Buy ‘attack on social housing’ is close to becoming law
Warning that sale of council homes under Right to Buy will ‘destroy’ communities
Read MoreBalfron Tower: Unseen documents shed light on controversial sale
New website reveals information on all aspects on the Balfron Tower, from its revolutionary design to its refurbishment and sale into private hands
Read MoreChatsworth Road: the frontline of Hackney’s gentrification
Five years ago, it was one of London’s roughest areas. Then the middle classes moved in; galleries, cafes and a Sunday market followed – and prices shot up. But not everyone’s happy
Read MoreOlympic Village social housing plans revealed
Six boroughs to get 107 homes between them for social housing in the post-Games ‘East Village’
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