Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Family of seven forced to live in two rooms because of damp – as probe into overcrowded homes in Islington continues
Housing scrutiny committee is investigating the issue of overcrowding in central London’s most densely occupied borough
Read MoreTown Hall to cut down on communal heating in some of its housing blocks to save on fuel
Heating will be on for 13 hours rather than 18 hours a day – with the move affecting 12 per cent of council tenants
Read MoreFootballers at Finsbury leisure centre kick out at ‘tragic’ plans to build over sports pitches
NRI United say they will struggle to recruit passersby if pitches are moved to the rooftop
Read MoreBritain’s first female dentist could have a building named after her at former Holloway prison site
Developer Peabody is asking residents to suggest people who should be immortalised at the new estate
Read MoreCouncil-picked site welcomed by the Traveller community – but neighbours call it ‘inadequate and disrespectful’
London Gypsies and Travellers policy co-ordinator says ‘small-scale’ development on Ronalds Road is a ‘really positive step’
Read MoreIslington housing boss set to take top job at Kensington and Chelsea Council – with hunt now on for a successor
Maxine Holdsworth to make move to west London after spending two years there on secondment following the Grenfell Tower fire
Read MoreResidents invited to have a say on plan to rebuild Finsbury Leisure Centre and create 180 new homes
Consultation questionnaire says there is a ‘desperate need for new homes to tackle the housing crisis’
Read MoreCouncil and developers clash over £400m Holloway prison plans as Mayor of London prepares to make final decision
Islington and Peabody are some £40m apart in their estimations of how much money will be left over from the scheme
Read More‘Wasted spaces’ to be used as council plans to build 750 new homes to tackle housing waiting list
Residents in overcrowded homes still raise concerns at councillors’ surgeries, says Cllr Diarmaid Ward
Read MoreControversial plans for former Holloway prison approved in face of complaints from locals
Promise of new homes trumps neighbours’ concerns as Town Hall planners greenlight £400m scheme
Read MorePlans for former Holloway prison set to be approved despite complaints from neighbours and campaigners
‘Even when the prison has gone, it will still feel like you are in a prison’, says one resident
Read More‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ revamp of former women’s prison in ‘real danger’ as councillors and residents criticise plans
Peabody’s 1,000-home scheme comes in for stick over affordability, segregation and women’s centre
Read MorePopular Arsenal football pub tables second bid for three-storey extension
The Gunners on Blackstock Road believes a building with new homes and offices can help boost trade
Read MoreFinsbury Leisure Centre one step closer to being replaced as councillors agree to approach designers
Move is part of a masterplan for more affordable homes, a new medical centre and improvements to nearby open spaces
Read More‘Let’s not wait until there is another fire’: Islington Council to improve staff training following tower block blaze
Cllr Phil Graham, whose Bunhill ward includes Godfrey House, said: ‘It’s something that’s very, very important’
Read MoreQuestions raised over homes at former Holloway women’s prison
Nearly 1,000 homes planned for site which once housed some of Britain’s most notorious women prisoners
Read MoreCouncil set to strike deal for former police station on Hornsey Road as it battles ‘severe housing crisis’
Town Hall plans to build multi-storey block with half the homes at affordable rent
Read MoreIslington Council’s fire safety training under the spotlight as councillors vent anger over lack of communication
Housing scrutiny committee chair and ward representatives complain that they were not made aware of a fire enforcement notice at a local tower block
Read MoreIslington to buy back 80 former council homes – with 20 earmarked for Afghan refugees
Borough is first in London to win funding from City Hall’s new Right to Buy Back scheme
Read MoreCouncil call-handling for housing issues improves after ‘extreme concern’ over missed targets
In July 2020, half of housing calls went unanswered – far more than the expected 20 per cent – as the pandemic sparked a surge in demand
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