Posts Tagged ‘Diarmaid Ward’
‘Absolute disgrace’: Campaigners renew calls for empty government-owned flats to be turned over to the council
Whitehall has racked up a £361k bill in three years for 28 vacant properties in face of national housing crisis
Read MoreCampaigners occupy empty Islington flats as they urge government to give them to families in need
Housing Rebellion wants Ministry of Justice to hand over the 28 flats by Pentonville Prison to the council
Read MoreHousing campaigners and councillors to stage protest against government’s Islington flats being left empty
Protest to take place this Saturday at Wellington Mews
Read More‘Terrible deal’: Finsbury Leisure Centre campaigners call on council to put ‘grandiose’ rebuild on hold
Planning chief defends ‘great development’ and says he won’t apologise for creating new homes
Read MoreIslington Council ‘very sorry’ to residents for delays in handling complaints
Town Hall chided by local government ombudsman for ‘poor practice’
Read MoreRenters in Islington have only days to apply for £250 hardship payment
‘We will not stand by and allow this crisis to squeeze even more people into homelessness,’ says council’s deputy leader
Read More‘Significant pressures’: Council tax hike confirmed as Town Hall outlines cost-of-living budget
‘We need to invest in services that matter to local residents,’ says finance boss
Read More‘Challenging’: Council announces cost-cutting measures as it attempts to neutralise predicted £25m shortfall
Adult social care set to take a hit but finance chief says investment in frontline services will continue
Read More‘Vital’: Council tax to be cut by 95 per cent for thousands of people in hardship
Discount expected to reach 27,000 residents – but Greens call on council to cut tax entirely for worst-off
Read MoreCouncil planning chief booed as protesters kick off over potential loss of football pitches
‘I make no apology for 100 new council homes,’ says Cllr Diarmaid Ward
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 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 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 More‘Absolute disgrace’: Councillors voice anger over estate heating failures
‘We cannot treat residents as second-class citizens’, says councillor after weekend of chaos on two blocks
Read MoreIslington housing boss raises alarm over Universal Credit rent arrears
Residents able to fill out online UC forms praised as ‘heroes’ as calls repeated for system to be scrapped
Read MoreCouncil could sideline housing associations not offering lifetime tenancies
Housing boss considers using leverage of council housebuilding programme to persuade association bosses
Read MoreNowMedical: Councillors reiterate concerns over use of company’s services
Council continues to ‘actively look for alternatives’ to use of controversial reports
Read MoreHousing association’s performance figures met with incredulity from councillors and residents
Committee questions Clarion’s characterisation of social housing as carrying a ‘stigma’
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