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Mum living in ‘damp and mouldy’ temporary housing says every day is ‘like Groundhog Day’

A mum forced to leave a home in Tooting has described her new living situation as like “Groundhog Day”. The 46-year-old was nearly evicted from a flat she was renting in South... Read more »
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A House for Artists review – perky, punchy affordable housing that inspires on all fronts | Architecture

Your typical new block of flats is something like this: corridors and lobbies, often windowless, lead to flats where everything is the minimum required by regulations. There is little wit or thought... Read more »
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‘Race for space’ could be over as flat prices rise more than houses | Housing market

The “race for space” that became characteristic of the property market during the Covid pandemic could be starting to slow, according to Halifax. As people shunned city centre work and life during... Read more »
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Walthamstow Town Square builder may dodge affordable housing

Developers building towers on Walthamstow’s town square may avoid paying £4 million towards affordable housing because their designs have “high build costs”. In January this year developer Capital & Regional (C&R) were... Read more »
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Housing award guests laugh in faces of tenants ‘living in squalor with s*** running down their walls’

A guest at a controversial housing awards ceremony was caught on camera laughing at a social housing activist trying to highlight the ‘squalor’ many tenants are living in. Social housing activist and... Read more »
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London property: Tenants ‘living in cockroach-ridden squalor’ feel ‘sick’ as housing boss on £411k gets £51k bonus

The CEO of a controversial housing association where tenants living in squalid conditions are put up in hotels for months has earned an annual bonus of more than £50,000. Clare Miller, who... Read more »
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Inside Housing – News – LFB to practise mass evacuation drill at London high rise as part of national research

The London Fire Brigade will practise a mass evacuation drill in a high rise tower block, more than four and a half years after the Grenfell fire, as part of national government... Read more »
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Newly regenerated sustainable housing to be developed in East London

Bellway London Partnerships has been chosen to work with Waltham Forest Council to redevelop an entire housing estate in south Leytonstone. The housebuilder is to partner with Waltham Forest Council to deliver... Read more »
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Croydon Council housing boss leaves just months after starting in wake of Regina Road scandal

A housing director has left Croydon Council just months after the new role was created in the wake of shocking conditions in Regina Road flats. Alison Knight joined the authority at the... Read more »
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London to lead strong housing market in 2022

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back by 10 per cent in 2022. And the agency, Strutt &... Read more »