Tag Archives: Concord House
Lawyers start to look into Croydon’s temporary accommodation
A public meeting today with public interest lawyers could represent the start of a potentially long campaign to get better living conditions for hundreds of families currently housed in three former office blocks on London Road between Thornton Heath and … Continue reading
Blaze in laundry room of council block that failed inspection
The Fire Brigade was called out to a block of flats on London Road on Saturday – a council-run block which five years ago was deemed to be a fire risk. Concord House is one of three blocks – previously … Continue reading
Residents living in fear of fire in council-run housing blocks
Despite condemning office-to-flat conversions, Croydon Council has been using three such buildings to provide temporary housing. A year after a Fire Brigade inspection found the blocks unsafe, improvement works have still not finished, leaving residents forced to live on a … Continue reading
Cameron’s kicked Croydon’s homeless in the teeth, says Butler
David Cameron’s announcement this week that developers will no longer have to provide “affordable” homes (in the sense that the homes are marginally less overpriced than what the speculators might wish) is “another nail in the coffin for social housing”, … Continue reading
