Islington Council has spent more than £100 million repurchasing former Right to Buy properties, new figures reveal.
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Sadiq Khan fears a second term in the White House for Donald Trump could lead to a rise in abuse towards him and his family.
The new Labour Government has ruled out giving Sadiq Khan the power to impose rent controls across private tenancies in London.
Sadiq Khan should be placed in “special measures” due to the “unacceptably low” amount of affordable housing being built in London, City Hall Conservatives...
More than 1,000 homeless children in Islington are being housed in temporary accommodation, new figures show.
“We need grants that are fit for purpose,” councillors have said amid concerns that the council’s retrofit handbook is too focused on private housing.
The Government's latest housing target for Islington aims to bring hundreds more new homes a year than the previous goal, new figures show.
North London residents have gone 18 months with no recycling bins on an estate they say has suffered from poor maintenance and ongoing disrepair.
One of EC1’s claims to historical fame is as the first place in London where local-authority housing appeared.
Islington Council has purchased 38 per cent of the 410 ex-Right to Buy properties that it has earmarked as part of a £1 billion project to tackle homelessness...
House prices increased slightly, by 0.4%, in Islington in May, new figures show.
Hundreds of affordable homes are being built in London with “no one to take them”, as housing associations are less able and willing to buy them, City Hall was...
More than 60 social homes by the Golden Lane Estate in Central London remain empty over a year after residents were expected to be able to start moving in.
The Finsbury Leisure Centre site, with four popular football pitches in one of the most densely populated wards in the UK, is threatened yet again with...
Islington Council has approved a £16 million budget for its Young People’s Supported Accommodation Pathway as it hopes to secure a further 100 housing units to...
The average rent in Islington costs three-quarters of the area's median wage, new figures show.
Local campaign group seeks election candidates' views on Finsbury Leisure Centre development.
First-time buyers in Islington are paying tens of thousands of pounds more for a home than they would have in 2019, new figures show.
The Government’s failure to end rough sleeping in England over the last five years is largely due to the knock-on impacts of Covid, Michael Gove has argued.
Sadiq Khan has been criticised by the chair of the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) over claims he made about his affordable house-building record.
Parts of London’s green belt must be opened up to allow home-building if the capital’s housing crisis is to be solved.
The number of ‘no fault’ evictions in London increased 52 per cent in the last year.
The latest figures from the Land Registry show how many people bought a leasehold property in Islington in 2022.
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