Shelter has urged Hackney Council to ease restrictions on its guest policy for children and families in temporary accommodation
Residents have called for the block to be evacuated
A recent Care Quality Commission review gave Hackney’s adult social care services a ‘Requires Improvement’ rating
Charity Oppong and her children have lived at the property for nearly two decades
The council agreed its budget on Wednesday (4 March)
A fire on 27 February has reignited safety fears at the housing block
The proposals could provide Shoreditch with '30 aircraft hangars' worth of commercial floorspace and hundreds of new homes
Residents claim the service is not meeting their needs
Labour has had control of the council for all but seven years since 1965
At a council meeting, a parent of a SEND child warned that under the council's 'traumatising' housing needs assessment process, people are 'falling through the gaps'
Seven councillors are standing down in Hackney ahead of May's local elections, including a London Assembly member
The Greater London Authority and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government last year agreed to lower London’s affordable housing target
