#social-housing

#social-housing

The development will feature a new Bauhaus-inspired block, which will be leased as student accommodation, and a separate council-managed social housing block.

Havering Council has uncovered and prevented multiple cases of housing fraud during the 2024/2025 financial year involving individuals unlawfully occupying council-owned homes, including one case where a tenant attempted to buy a property they were renting out while owning another home in the UK.

The funding includes 1.7 million from the Greater London Authority's Warmer Homes London initiative, supporting residents on lower incomes in privately owned or rented homes with Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings of D to G.

The new interpretive centre will be on the site of an old Magdalene laundry, illuminating the harsh realities faced by women who were unjustly incarcerated for societal norms.

Nicholas Barry expressed frustration, saying the council ignores tenant concerns, leading to frequent issues such as flooding with hot water and sewage.

"It's not cold in winter times. It's not hot in summer times," Schublach says. "It's very comfortable."

Eight years ago, standing underneath the burning wreckage of Grenfell Tower, I was convinced it would be the catalyst for societal change; that something so awful, which resulted in the horrific loss of 72 lives, could not happen without things changing. And yet we sit here eight years later and people are still going to sleep in buildings that aren't safe.

Children's Minister Norma Foley emphasized the need to address misinformation regarding assessments of need, stating that they hold significant purpose and value in supporting families.

The project employed urban mining, creatively using demolition materials from the original structure to construct a new building designed for social housing for the elderly.

A public art trail in the Regent's Park Estate showcases 12 installations to celebrate community creativity and heritage, informed by feedback from over 1,600 local residents.

"The Government cuts to housing funding for Dublin City Council continue to cause damage," Sinn Féin councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha said.

The decision made by the Tory Government in the immediate aftermath of the fire to leave the same negligent Tory council in charge of the aftermath with a blank cheque, without any oversight or scrutiny, was a grave misstep, harmful for the victims and irresponsible.

In the 1880s, the Peabody Trust cleared the slums to create the Clerkenwell Estate, a significant development designed by Henry Darbishire featuring rows of brick-clad flats.