Posts Tagged ‘housing’
‘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 MoreRats, urine leaks, and ‘insincere’ apologies: Watchdog lifts lid on Islington’s housing horrors in scathing review of council repair service
Housing Ombudsman orders Town Hall to pay out £66k to 30 residents after looking into litany of problems
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 MoreTown Hall set to agree purchase of 100 ex-council homes as part of efforts to cut lengthy waiting list
The borough currently has more than 1,000 households living in temporary accommodation
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 MoreHousing bosses to streamline correspondence with GPs in time-saving trial
Town Hall will only contact doctors if information is needed – in bid to cut out unnecessary paperwork
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 More‘Disgrace’: Campaigners condemn government for ‘wasting’ £600k on empty homes in ‘community desperate for housing’
Ministry of Justice hit with vacant properties penalty over three- and four-bedroom homes on Wellington Mews
Read More‘We need housing as a right’: Jeremy Corbyn hits out at UK’s ‘profit and greed crisis’ at rally to celebrate his 40 years as an MP
Hundreds came out to mark the now-independent MP’s parliamentary anniversary
Read MoreHousing association promises transparency over social housing at Holloway prison redevelopment after campaigners flag concerns
Peabody to share more details of how it will fit second staircases in tall towers without losing homes
Read More‘Final piece of the jigsaw’: Block of student flats next to Arsenal’s stadium gets go-ahead from planners
Twelve-storey building on Hornsey Road approved by councillors despite 40 objections
Read MoreMother who was rehoused in shoddy accommodation following an assault on her child receives council apology
The family needed temporary accommodation on police safety advice, but property was in disrepair
Read More‘Good opportunity’: Council housing officers to visit estates as drive to tackle damp and mould continues
The Town Hall is upping its engagement with residents as Housing Ombudsman investigates its complaints-handling
Read MoreWatchdog launches probe into Islington’s complaints-handling – as councillor admits service is ‘not good enough’
Cllr Diarmaid Ward says problems are being allowed to ‘fester for too long’
Read MoreNew homes for people with learning disabilities a step closer after £5m contract agreed
Block in Highbury would see 11 residents given 24-hour support
Read More‘We’ll do our darnedest’: Councillors urge residents to get in touch about damp and mould following complaints about ‘ambulance-chasing’ leaflets
‘I’ve had six cards through the door in the last three months,’ says resident who sits on housing scrutiny committee
Read MoreFaster broadband coming to thousands of council homes – with three-year project set to kick off
Work to get underway in Bunhill and Clerkenwell in February
Read MoreDomestic violence survivors could be given higher priority for council housing in Islington
Plans to revise the waiting list system would also see abusers banned
Read More‘We’re very sorry’: Islington Council apologises to residents after being chastised by housing watchdog over its complaints-handling
High rate of maladministration in the borough ‘concerning’, says Housing Ombudsman
Read MoreIslington Council under investigation for ‘failures’ in dealing with mould and damp complaints
Housing Ombudsman looking into whether ‘continued complaints’ are ‘indicative of wider failure within the landlord’
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