Lewisham residents are satisfied with the newly built Glass Mill leisure centre that opened last week. A Lewisham resident, Gail Mitchell, 47, said: “I just had an aqua class it was fun, the pool was so nice, in fact it was a lot better than the old Ladywell facility.”…
Tower Hamlets was declared the best council last week, for delivering more sustainable homes than any other council in England. The award, by the British Research Establishment (BRE) , recognised the Tower Hamlets council’s achievements in delivering almost 3000, the highest number of homes meeting the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) from 2007 to 2013. An environmental method used…
Residents have been in fear of losing their homes through the ongoing project to renew the Colville Estate. It is feared that the selling prices of the recently approved new flats are to be considerably higher than the current value. Councillor Philip Glanville, Cabinet Member for Hackney Homes and Regeneration…
A Deptford housing cooperative now accommodating 120 people continues to thrive in “a crisis” London housing market described as desperately short of affordable private renting and home ownership. In the last fortnight renters across London have staged protests against disproportionate fees and rents charged by letting agents. At a speech…
Local residents have criticised a new housing scheme in Salcombe Road, just off Kingsland Road in Dalston, that’s been approved by Hackney council. Campaigner David Spurring complains that the only concession the developers had given them was ‘bricks.’ He said the new building was “incredibly ugly and institutional looking” and…
A new business development in Brockley is due to open within the next fortnight. Finishing touches are currently being made to Martin’s Yard, located off Endwell Road, close to Brockley station. Martin’s Yard was designed by architects Duggan Morris. The buildings are designed to look like beach huts, with touches…
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Tenant groups from across London have convened in Hackney to launch a new campaign called Let Down. The groups are reacting to changes in the private rental market and fighting for improvements for renters by calling for lower rent, an end to fees for tenants, proper regulation of letting agents,…
On Wednesday April 24, BBC Three’s Free Speech came to Goldsmiths to record the fourth episode in the second series of the programme on the subject of ‘Rent Britain’- the difficulties that young people face in being able to set up their own homes. Rents in London are increasing 8…
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An event hosted at the Idea Store in Whitechapel Wednesday 24 April investigated how the bedroom tax is affecting local women. Although this reform is being implemented nationwide, the meeting indicated that social housing residents and housing benefit recipients in Tower Hamlets and across London are likely to feel…
The use of private bed and breakfast accomodation to house homeless Croydon families for longer than the legal period of six weeks has severely increased since 2011, according to figures obtained by EastLondonLines. A Freedom of Information request revealed that in 2011 there were just five cases where families had…
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