Borough leader says major town centre development will struggle to make 50 per cent of homes available at social rent
Council exploring other options as deal with Hackney Walk Ltd expires in March next year
Consultation is ‘robust, fair and extensive’, says Town Hall as it calls for support fighting government on ‘underlying issues’ on housing
Campaigners call for ambition on affordable housing as council pledges to ensure all residents and businesses will have a say
Hackney Society says residents are right to express unease over a system that ‘already suffers from many barriers to access’
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Council says purchases can further socialist values by providing space for ethical businesses and affordable homes
Samir Jeraj, who stood for Mayor of Hackney last year, says purchase of Tesco site looks as though it will “do little” to solve the housing crisis
Mayor insists project won’t just be about yet more designer clothes shops as he announces premises will be leased to Hackney Walk, which already runs units in the neighbouring railway arches
Six years after a Town Hall committee declined to permit redevelopment of Morning Lane site, council now wants to encourage a similar scheme
