More than 15,000 households were on Islington's social housing wait list this year, new figures show.
Tag - housing
Families from London’s Gypsy and Traveller community are hopeful after a North London council has found several potential permanent sites – but they will...
Controversial measures to speed up housebuilding in London – including reducing the required proportion of affordable homes in new developments – have been...
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The Greater London Authority has been told to launch a full investigation into claims its officials encouraged developers to “dig a trench” in order to boost...
Islington, London’s second-smallest borough has seen spending on homelessness skyrocket in the space of a year, following a huge spike in demand for temporary...
The Mayor of London has been told to “get a handle” on the capital’s housing crisis as progress on building affordable homes continued to stagnate.
A North London estate where residents have repeatedly railed against issues including lift breakdowns is to undergo a refurbishment.
Local campaign group Barbican Quarter Action is urging residents to get their objections in by the 12th of November.
London must look to Paris and Auckland as examples of swapping tower blocks for mid-rise buildings in order to solve the capital’s housing crisis, the Mayor...
Police underfunding, plummeting transport revenue and overseas investors buying up London’s houses have seen the capital underperform against its full...
The Chair of a local residents' association said the delays to Black Raven Court were "really sad news" for those waiting to move into the flats.
Almost 100,000 homeless children in London were living in temporary accommodation as of June, new figures show.
The Mayor of London has insisted that building council homes is still of the utmost importance after it emerged that he is preparing to slash affordable...
More homeless deaths were recorded in Islington last year, new research has found.
There were dozens of former council homes in Islington sold off under the Right to Buy scheme last year, new figures show.
A skilled worker “crisis” in the construction industry is undermining London’s ambitious housebuilding targets with a housing association saying last year it...
Construction work began on fewer new homes in Islington in the year to April, new figures show.
Islington Council spending towards temporary homeless accommodation increased significantly last year, new figures show.
Leasehold homes are a “source of problems and financial stress” for Londoners who “cannot and should not wait any longer” for radical reforms to the system...
Social housing landlords must have the ability to hike rent payments by £3 a week to prevent the continued “managed decline” of council homes, ministers have...
The Mayor of London is on track to deliver the “vast majority” of his 146 manifesto commitments by 2028, his senior team members have claimed – but what has he...
The Mayor of London must slash affordable housing requirements and release swathes of green belt land to solve the capital’s housing crisis, a new report has...
All the Islington homes deemed eligible for new energy-saving measures under a government grant scheme have had them installed, new figures show.
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