Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Popular 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
Read MoreTown Hall staff carried out essential housing repairs ‘even if residents had Covid’, councillors told
Building team praised for trusting their training and PPE and ‘doing those jobs without any complaints’
Read MoreGreen light for 91 new flats at Islington estate
Plans approved despite concerns over loss of light and overdevelopment
Read MoreRaise repair concerns before homes handed back to council, housing association tenants told
Partners for Improvement required to fix problems before its properties are brought in-house next April
Read MoreWork continues on housing handover from Partners for Improvement to council
Town Hall decided in July to bring housing back in-house following overwhelming public support for the move
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 MoreThree quarters of council tenants on Universal Credit now in arrears
Average arrears at £1200 as council reviews evidence from ‘distressed’ claimants
Read MoreCouncillors and residents ‘scorn’ Partners for Improvement boss at tense Town Hall meeting
‘Islington handed over to you the care of our properties. When do you intend to start?’
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’
Read MoreIslington’s housing chief says ‘buy-for-temp’ scheme will get around government ‘red tape’
Council agrees to buy private homes to provide temporary accommodation
Read MoreFoodbank use in Islington rises 20 per cent as council blames welfare reforms
The Trussell Trust numbers are up for both adults and children
Read MoreIslington Council ‘sorry’ for failing to help homeless woman’s daughter – who is now missing
An recent investigation found the council ‘at fault’ in its handling of the case
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