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Hackney Council shells out £15.6 million on fire safety consultants

The Town Hall has appointed contractors to identify 'potentially combustible' materials in its housing stock by the 2029 deadline

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of 49-99 The Mount

Fire at council-run flat reignites safety fears

A fire on 27 February has reignited safety fears at the housing block

Author: Hackney Citizen

Aye Tebe

Less than half of 17,000 new fire-resistant doors to be installed, council reveals

Town Hall spends £15.5m replacing 4,000 doors since 2018 pledge following regulatory changes and project delays

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Town Hall

Hackney HMOs twice as dangerous as rest of England, report finds

Council says roughly one in four houses in multiple occupation have ‘serious hazards’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Town Hall

‘Nightmare’: Families displaced by Dalston fire hit out at landlord over lack of support

Tenants left on ‘tenterhooks’ after Peabody failed to renew temporary housing bookings

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Nightmare’: Families displaced by Dalston fire hit out at landlord over lack of support

London fire chief to retire after five years in post

Mayor Sadiq Khan praises 'outstanding' Andy Roe, whose final day in office is yet to be revealed

Author: Hackney Citizen

London fire chief to retire after five years in post

Hackney Council under fire over housing conditions as protesters demand action

Cabinet member says council has ‘gone further’ than Grenfell inquiry’s recommendations

Author: Joe Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Council under fire over housing conditions as protesters demand action

Fire expert criticises ‘lazy’ risk assessment for Dalston block – carried out a year before the roof went up in flames

Around 50 residents were forced into temporary accommodation by the blaze earlier this summer

Author: Kris Jalowiecki

Fire expert criticises ‘lazy’ risk assessment for Dalston block – carried out a year before the roof went up in flames

Should we stay or should we go? Residents of tower block tell of fire safety fears

No second staircase ‘for any existing buildings’, Hackney Council confirms

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Concerned: Pitcairn House residents

Alsatian ‘back to normal’ after being rescued from fire in Dalston

Kiko was pulled out of a 14-storey block of flats on Tyssen Street earlier this week

Author: Hackney Citizen

Alsatian ‘back to normal’ after being rescued from fire in Dalston

Leader – Fire alarm

Fire safety should not be a choice, and certainly not one that is put to residents

Author: Hackney Citizen

Leader – Fire alarm

Town Hall to investigate mislabelled fire door at 18-storey block in London Fields

Door confirmed to withstand fire for an hour – despite a sticker on one side suggesting it would only provide 30 minutes’ protection

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Town Hall to investigate mislabelled fire door at 18-storey block in London Fields