London’s boroughs are being forced to cut their spending on council housing by a total of £264m over the next three years, according to a new analysis.
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Sir Sadiq Khan has revealed further details of his plan to build homes on parts of London’s green belt – and has explained what drove him to take the decision.
The soaring cost of land in the capital is causing taller buildings to sprout up across the city, the London Assembly has found, as developers find they need...
There were more children in Islington living in short-term housing last year, new figures show.
Islington Council has clawed back hundreds of thousands of pounds cheated from the local authority by social housing swindlers, the Town Hall’s leader has...
The staggering cost of getting homes built in London compared with other parts of England has been laid bare in new research by a leading think tank.
On 23rd April, Islington Council issued a statement declaring that, due to economic uncertainty and in response to strong community opposition, the...
London’s councils overspent on their homelessness budgets by at least £330m last year, as town halls warn that the escalating crisis is pushing them closer to...
Islington Council is set to walk back on a multi-million pound redevelopment project for one of its leisure centres, citing spiralling costs and locals’...
A trial which saw high-tech “damp and mould sensors” installed in homes across London has demonstrated that the technology could be scaled up to help tenants...
Families in Islington would have to wait over a decade for a suitable social home, new analysis shows.
The majority of Islington’s private landlords and letting agents oppose new licensing rules and reject the idea they have helped raise housing standards, a...
A record number of children in Islington were living in poverty last year, according to "heartbreaking" new figures.
Private rents in Islington are unaffordable to newly qualified NHS nurses, new analysis suggests.
Rent in Islington rose 12% over the past year, new figures show.
Islington Council plans to return almost 200 former council flats to its housing stock in the hope of tackling rising homelessness in the borough.
First-time buyer mortgage sales in Islington were at their lowest level since 2018, new figures show.
Spending towards temporary housing for the homeless in Islington increased significantly since 2018-19, new figures show.
More people were sleeping rough on the streets of Islington last autumn, new estimates show.
Islington Council was at fault for dozens of problems with leaks, damp and mould in its social homes in 2024, new figures show.
Hundreds of asylum seekers in Islington were living in hotels at the end of last year, new figures show.
Islington Council chamber became heated last week as outgoing finance chief Diarmaid Ward laid into the Green opposition for blocking previous plans for more...
This week Tonic Housing has released Precarious Lives, a landmark report exposing the stark financial hardships faced by LGBTQ+ over-50s in London.
Hundreds of social homes in Islington were sold through the Right to Buy scheme over the last five years, new figures show.
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