social housing - Hackney Citizen (Page 2)

Morning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation 'con job' in scathing report

Morning Lane People's Space urges Town Hall to 'do better', with 'future of the town centre at stake'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Morning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation 'con job' in scathing report

Plans approved for new six-storey block which will 'entirely disrupt the character of the neighbourhood'

Local residents raised concerns about loss of sunlight and the impact on a nearby family contact centre

Author: Hackney Citizen

Government denies London mayor Sadiq Khan power to impose rent controls

Ministers have ‘no plans whatsoever’ to enable introduction of caps on the amount private landlords can charge

Author: Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter

Lack of gas and electrical safety checks to council homes a ‘serious failure’, says housing regulator

“Report’s findings are disappointing’ says Cllr Clayeon McKenzie, Cabinet Member for Housing Services

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Town Hall gears up to provide affordable internet to social housing

Mayor Philip Glanville declares intention to ‘harness our own digital assets and estate for the public good’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Number of homes for social rent under completed Woodberry Down plans under scrutiny

Updated plans for seven more socially-rented properties for estate’s Block B approved at planning meeting

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Number of homes for social rent under completed Woodberry Down plans under scrutiny

Mayor talks of challenge of ‘squaring the circle’ over borough’s housing

Town Hall boss calls for ‘balance’ in approach to night-time economy during Mayor’s Question Time event

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Mayor talks of challenge of ‘squaring the circle’ over borough’s housing

Legal row brewing between campaigners and council over Clapton garden build-over

Town Hall accused of ‘riding roughshod’ over local people but states legal challenge to plans has no grounds

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Legal row brewing between campaigners and council over Clapton garden build-over

‘Grim reading’: Net loss of hundreds of social rent homes expected under Woodberry Down plans

Town Hall contest figures though unable to directly refute them due to poor record-keeping in the 2000s

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Grim reading’: Net loss of hundreds of social rent homes expected under Woodberry Down plans

Independent candidate Vernon Williams would build 500 homeless chalets on parks as Hackney Mayor

‘People are basically being treated as disposable peasants’

Author: Hackney Citizen

'People are...being treated as disposable peasants': independent Hackney mayoral candidate Vernon Williams. Photograph: Hackn

Hackney tenants unite in battle against ‘poor housing conditions’

A new campaign group is opposing plans to amalgamate Peabody and Family Mosaic housing associations

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney tenants unite in battle against ‘poor housing conditions’

How Alice Burke cleaned up the Nightingale Estate

The once notorious estate is a far safer place now than it was 20 years ago – something many attribute to the bravery of a 79-year-old great grandmother

Author: Hackney Citizen