social housing - Hackney Citizen

Council officers used delegated powers to move the contract to a parent company that later folded

Author: Hackney Citizen

Three-quarters of the capital’s social housing stock is judged at high risk of overheating

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

City Hall says failing to adapt could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s

Author: Hackney Citizen

Watchdog sounded alarm nearly two years ago — yet problem has spiralled

Author: Hackney Citizen

Despite stable supply, home ownership is 270 per cent more expensive than it was two decades ago

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Plans for more than 100 new social rent homes have been rubber-stamped in a bid to meet housing targets

Author: Hackney Citizen

The council has paid the family £500 to recognise the “distress, uncertainty and frustration” it had caused

Author: Hackney Citizen

The lower two floors of one building on the estate have been empty for almost six years

Author: Elspeth Rees

The social tenant says her noisy neighbour keeps her up throughout the night and says it has been 14 months since she got a peaceful night's sleep

Author: Lizzie McAllister

The social houses are the first to get the go-ahead of more than 300 the council plans to build in the coming years

Author: Lizzie McAllister

London development analysts said the mayor should be 'livid' at reports the housing department allegedly 'embellished' the figures.

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

The local authority sold one property for £95,050 in 2014, only to buy it back for £365,000 in 2021

Author: Claudia Lee