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Residents show anger over ‘devastating’ cuts

Residents show anger over ‘devastating’ cuts

Residents from Hackney and Tower Hamlets protested outside Downing Street yesterday afternoon against the Government’s changes to social housing and cuts to benefits.…

Your chance to report local empty homes

Your chance to report local empty homes

This week, the public is being asked to identify empty properties in an effort to restore homes to use, and “cost-effectively” combat the increasing demand for housing.…

Bullock predicts: “Swiftly escalating housing crisis”

Bullock predicts: “Swiftly escalating housing crisis”

There is no good news this week for more than 14,000 households currently stuck on the Lewisham housing waiting lists and over 2,000 households living in temporary accomodation.…

A new exodus for the Haredim? How harsh benefit cuts could wreck a unique community

A new exodus for the Haredim? How harsh benefit cuts could wreck a unique community

For Hackney's Haredi Jewish population, proposed government benefit cuts for large families could mean trouble. Over 90 per cent of Hackney families affected by the last round of housing benefit cuts were Haredi and in the face of further benefit cuts for larger families, some have predicted a forced…

Film-maker celebrates first social housing

Film-maker celebrates first social housing

A Poplar film-maker will explore the history of social housing in the East End…

Wapping residents vs Tower Hamlets Homes

Wapping residents vs Tower Hamlets Homes

Residents on a Wapping estate, fighting against plans to impose a new…

Households along East London Lines to suffer under local housing allowance cuts

Households along East London Lines to suffer under local housing allowance cuts

Many families living in boroughs along the East London Line will struggle to make ends meet as government cuts to the local housing allowance begin to bite,…

New report shows ‘mixed picture’ for house prices despite promise of Olympics boom

New report shows ‘mixed picture’ for house prices despite promise of Olympics boom

House prices have risen in East London since the Olympics were announced, a survey has shown - but some neighbourhoods are benefiting more than others, while many areas have failed to keep pace with the rest of the capital.…

Allied against Osborne’s housing benefit cuts

Allied against Osborne’s housing benefit cuts

More than 425,000 Londoners could lose their homes if the Government plans to cap housing benefit are pushed through un-amended, the National Housing Federation has warned.…

Jobless? Pick up your bed and walk east

Jobless? Pick up your bed and walk east

As the Government threatens to cap housing benefit at £250 per week for a one bed flat Boris Johnson is calling for Londoners to be ‘spared’ from such ‘draconian’ plans. But then Boris, from Canonbury and Eton, probably can’t imagine living in anything costing £250 per week. Here in the…