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Local residents have a week to make comments about a proposed application for planning permission for an 18-story residential tower on Kingsland High Street, next to Dalston Kingsland overground station. (more…)

Teviot estate could soon have new residents, Pic; Loop Zilla

A housing association in Bow is to bring long-term empty homes back into use for people in urgent need of housing. (more…)

MacMillian Park, Pic; GLA

East London has once again been recognised for its contribution to making London a great place to live in, after scooping two awards in Tower Hamlets and Lewisham at the ninth annual London Planning Awards.

St Paul’s Way Trust School in Tower Hamlets and the Margaret McMillan Park in Lewisham were both awarded for their excellence in urban planning and design. (more…)

A new project aims to build 1,700 flats to replace 214 existing homes at Blackwall Reach, 700 of which will be homes for social rent and shared ownership. (more…)

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Thousands of east London residents receiving housing benefit could be forced to choose between cutting food and transport bills to pay rent or leaving their homes in search of cheaper accommodation, research suggests.

Findings by the Chartered Institute of Housing published this week show that cuts in Local Housing Allowance will mean that, for the first time in the UK, there will be more people on benefits searching for affordable homes than the market currently provides.

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Steve Bullock with the Lewisham Young Mayors in October pic: Sea Jung Ra

In 2012, Steve Bullock, one of the country’s first elected mayors, will enter his tenth year as the Mayor for Lewisham.

Over the last year, the borough has been affected by the riots in August, suffered dramatic surges in knife crime and gang violence and now many of its residents will face the risk of eviction from their homes in the New Year.

EastLondonLines interviewed Mayor Steve Bullock to find out what he feels will be the most pressing issues of 2012. We asked our readers to tell us what questions they want to be answered via Twitter. (more…)

Riverside Close beside the River Lea pic: Flickr- Bunch & Duke

Hackney housing is the fifth most expensive in the country as the price of a home in the borough soars to over double the national average, research has found. (more…)

Virginia Quay residents take a stand. Pic: Aaron Lee

Residents opposing a 12-storey residential development in the Docklands have been backed by Tower Hamlets Council.

Over 650 Virginia Quay residents, of 1000, rejected a proposed 12-storey tower block at Newport Avenue, which is currently under the jurisdiction of London Thames Gateway Development Corporation. (more…)

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The recent rise of homelessness in Croydon is down to parents “throwing” their children out of their homes, claims Croydon Councillor, Dudley Mead. (more…)

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Residents in Hackney and Lewisham are among those most at risk of losing their homes through repossession, according to new research published yesterday.

Housing charity Shelter revealed the two boroughs are in the top ten local authorities with the highest rates of repossession claims. (more…)