On 23rd April, Islington Council issued a statement declaring that, due to economic uncertainty and in response to strong community opposition, the...
Tag - housing
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.
Labour is aiming to build thousands of houses in Islington, new figures show.
The number of homeless women recorded by Islington Council rose by 36 per cent between 2023 and 2024, as councillors warn the current support system for rough...
London is on track to miss the Government's housebuilding target by 200,000 homes, new figures suggest.
London’s homelessness crisis is helping to fuel violence among young people, the director of Sir Sadiq Khan’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) has warned.
Islington Council has warned that its housing investment is unsustainable and called for more government support, after a survey revealed that two thirds of...
Housing benefit is insufficient for nearly a quarter of households with children living in private rental accommodation in Islington, new analysis suggests.
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