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Posts Tagged ‘housing’

Council and developers clash over £400m Holloway prison plans as Mayor of London prepares to make final decision

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 5 April 2022

Islington and Peabody are some £40m apart in their estimations of how much money will be left over from the scheme

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‘Wasted spaces’ to be used as council plans to build 750 new homes to tackle housing waiting list

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 March 2022
Dover Court - old garages that were demolished and replaced with new homes

Residents in overcrowded homes still raise concerns at councillors’ surgeries, says Cllr Diarmaid Ward

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Controversial plans for former Holloway prison approved in face of complaints from locals

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 9 March 2022

Promise of new homes trumps neighbours’ concerns as Town Hall planners greenlight £400m scheme

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Plans for former Holloway prison set to be approved despite complaints from neighbours and campaigners

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 7 March 2022

‘Even when the prison has gone, it will still feel like you are in a prison’, says one resident

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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ revamp of former women’s prison in ‘real danger’ as councillors and residents criticise plans

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 February 2022

Peabody’s 1,000-home scheme comes in for stick over affordability, segregation and women’s centre

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Popular Arsenal football pub tables second bid for three-storey extension

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 21 January 2022

The Gunners on Blackstock Road believes a building with new homes and offices can help boost trade

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Finsbury Leisure Centre one step closer to being replaced as councillors agree to approach designers

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 18 January 2022

Move is part of a masterplan for more affordable homes, a new medical centre and improvements to nearby open spaces

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‘Let’s not wait until there is another fire’: Islington Council to improve staff training following tower block blaze

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 8 December 2021
Godfrey House

Cllr Phil Graham, whose Bunhill ward includes Godfrey House, said: ‘It’s something that’s very, very important’

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Questions raised over homes at former Holloway women’s prison

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 6 December 2021
Concept plan

Nearly 1,000 homes planned for site which once housed some of Britain’s most notorious women prisoners

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Council set to strike deal for former police station on Hornsey Road as it battles ‘severe housing crisis’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 22 November 2021

Town Hall plans to build multi-storey block with half the homes at affordable rent

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Islington Council’s fire safety training under the spotlight as councillors vent anger over lack of communication

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 15 November 2021
Godfrey House

Housing scrutiny committee chair and ward representatives complain that they were not made aware of a fire enforcement notice at a local tower block

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Islington to buy back 80 former council homes – with 20 earmarked for Afghan refugees

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 October 2021

Borough is first in London to win funding from City Hall’s new Right to Buy Back scheme

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Council call-handling for housing issues improves after ‘extreme concern’ over missed targets

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 23 September 2021

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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Town Hall staff carried out essential housing repairs ‘even if residents had Covid’, councillors told

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 10 September 2021

Building team praised for trusting their training and PPE and ‘doing those jobs without any complaints’

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Green light for 91 new flats at Islington estate

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 29 July 2021

Plans approved despite concerns over loss of light and overdevelopment

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Raise repair concerns before homes handed back to council, housing association tenants told

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 21 April 2021

Partners for Improvement required to fix problems before its properties are brought in-house next April

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Work continues on housing handover from Partners for Improvement to council

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 24 November 2020

Town Hall decided in July to bring housing back in-house following overwhelming public support for the move

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Council could sideline housing associations not offering lifetime tenancies

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 11 June 2019

Housing boss considers using leverage of council housebuilding programme to persuade association bosses

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NowMedical: Councillors reiterate concerns over use of company’s services

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 25 April 2019

Council continues to ‘actively look for alternatives’ to use of controversial reports

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Three quarters of council tenants on Universal Credit now in arrears

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 15 February 2019

Average arrears at £1200 as council reviews evidence from ‘distressed’ claimants

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