Critics round on Woodberry Down plans as next phase narrowly wins approval
A Labour schism meant plans for more than 500 new homes passed by a hair
Clare Joseph
Ten flats on Hoxton estate left without power for six days – as residents criticise housing association’s response
One resident was moved between three different hotels during the outage
Peabody residents joined by Hackney councillors to protest ‘huge’ rent hikes
Campaigners were backed by suspended Victoria ward councillors as they took their fight to Peabody’s headquarters
Peabody accused of ‘social cleansing’ as key workers face nine per cent rent hike
‘Why are key worker rents linked to the market and not wages?’ asks local teacher at packed tenants’ meeting
‘Atrocious’: Four councillors suspended by Hackney Labour for voting to hear motions on Gaza ceasefire and Dewey investigation
Clare Joseph, Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru are expected to have their suspensions lifted after two months
Campaigners speak out over loss of council homes in major rebuild of Woodberry Down estate
‘This is not what the regeneration was meant to be about,’ says resident Geoff Bell
Eight Labour councillors in Hackney urge party leader Sir Keir Starmer to back all-out ceasefire in Gaza
The local politicians are among 300 party colleagues to sign an open letter demanding a rethink
Hackney councillor says cash-free society will be ‘devastating’ for many residents – and urges businesses to keep the change
Cllr Clare Joseph’s Cash Welcome Here campaign recently won support from Hackney Council, which will accept cash at all of its facilities
Do Hoxton and Shoreditch have too many hotels? Town Hall planners ask
‘It must be the first time ever we’ve had a 12-storey building with no objections from the public’
‘Just one social rent home in 2019’: Disappointment at Town Hall over ‘poor performance’ with affordable housing
Council officer cites Brexit uncertainty but says ‘no one single reason’ for underwhelming figures
Residents’ calls for more affordable housing on smaller developments echoed by councillors
Calls made to start asking for onsite social housing as leaseholders up in arms over extension to Brownswood block
Empty Hoxton car park to be transformed into 73 homes
Twenty-eight properties will be for social rent in latest project for Town Hall’s housing supply programme
Frampton Park residents to defend ‘irreplaceable’ community hall
Hackney Mayor says estate’s families waiting for housing would be ‘let down’ if attempts to prevent hall’s demolition succeed
Council to push ahead with final phase of Kings Crescent estate regeneration
Scheme hailed by councillors as ‘attractive and robust’ as residents’ steering group divided on overshadowing and privacy
Dalston towers over Eastern Curve Garden approved despite loss of sunlight
Former Speaker calls decision ‘disappointing’ and worries about garden’s future