leaseholders - Hackney Citizen

City Hall to launch probe into impact of high service charges on housing affordability

Londoners are uniquely exposed, being twice as likely to be leaseholders than residents in the rest of the country

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

City Hall to launch probe into impact of high service charges on housing affordability

Council’s uncollected £850k debt leaves leaseholders ‘trapped’ in their building

The freeholder, Restoration Hackney Ltd, owes almost £1 million to the local authority

Author: Hackney Citizen

Richard and Anna Bell stand in front of their Hackney home.

Council chief executive hauled in front of judge as resident alleges contempt of court

A Hackney leaseholder alleges the council has breached a court-ordered deadline to complete works on his property in a long-running legal disrepair case

Author: Hackney Citizen

The Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court and Family Court at the Gee Street Courthouse

Hackney Council CEO faces contempt of court charges in ongoing leaseholder dispute

Dawn Carter-McDonald has been ordered to attend the first hearing, which is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon

Author: Claudia Lee

Cladding crisis: Homeowners promise summer of protests after Commons defeat

MPs last week voted down amendment designed to protect leaseholders from crippling fire safety costs

Author: Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporter

Cladding crisis: Homeowners promise summer of protests after Commons defeat

‘Bureaucratic nightmare’ over unsafe cladding continues for Hackney residents

Mayor Glanville and Cllr Sem Moema call for ‘greater transparency’ over building ownership and liabilities

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Mayor Glanville, with a reuseable water bottle, speaks at the waste inquiry. Photograph: Parliament.uk

Morland residents decry council’s ‘utter contempt’ over tower repair charges

Quoted fees ‘could put me back ten years on my mortgage,’ says leaseholder

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Morland residents decry council’s ‘utter contempt’ over tower repair charges

Residents seek clarity from council over tower block repairs

Decorative brickwork fell from the top of Morland Estate last November due to ‘extensive corrosion’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Residents seek clarity from council over tower block repairs