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Tag Archives: Housing
Covid pressures could see homelessness soar, warn boroughs
London faces the most severe homelessness crisis in the country, according to the capitals borough councils, as they face a “triple whammy” of upcoming risks over the summer, as lockdown restrictions and special covid-19 emergency aid for the homeless are … Continue reading
Permitted development sees soaring numbers of second homes
Any suggestion that the drive, by property speculators, developers and their architect mates, to over-develop Croydon with thousands of flats is in any way really intended at addressing the homelessness crisis can be readily dismissed, after government figures reveal that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Planning, Tom Copley
Tagged affordable housing, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Tom Copley
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Council threatens to quadruple Council Tax bills on empty flats
Our housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on the slow introduction of increased local taxes in an effort to deter the borough’s ‘executive apartments’ being used as investment vehicles and not as homes Absentee landlords with homes deliberately left vacant could face … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing
Tagged Alison Butler, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Labour
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Brick by Brick’s profitable Blairite response to Right to Buy
The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire has, rightly, focused attention on safety around the nation’s low-cost housing. But underlining the lack of attention given to the conditions of such homes and the ongoing under-investment in council housing has been … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jennifer Brathwaite, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Southwark Council, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Architects for Social Housing, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Hub Residential, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Taberner House, Tony Newman
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Letting agent convicted of fraud over £15,000 of deposits
A letting agent – described by a Crown Court judge as being “thoroughly dishonest” – has been jailed for 19 months after making off with thousands of pounds of clients’ holding deposits. The trial of Thirugnanaselvam Damayantharan, of Demesne Road, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Council, Housing, Trading Standards
Tagged Croydon Crown Court, Housing
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Rising property values widen gulf with Londoners’ wages
While Philip Hammond makes his hour-long Budget speech today, the price of an average home in Croydon will have gone up by nearly £5. Yet the Tory Chancellor is not expected to do anything which will really address the increasing … Continue reading
Homelessness crisis sees council invest extra £15m in fund
Caught between a rock and a hard place, of London’s ever-spiralling private rents and the Tory government’s ruthless reductions in benefits, Croydon Council is to invest an extra £15million into helping people at risk of homelessness to get secure private … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged Croydon Council, Homelessness, Housing, Labour, London Borough of Croydon
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Charity groups seek volunteers for CR Zero homeless project
A coalition of organisations, endorsed by the local council, is looking for 120 volunteers and local businesses to help tackle chronic rough sleeping in Croydon, as part of a scheme called CR Zero 2020. Among London’s boroughs, Croydon has one … Continue reading
Greens’ Berry seeks views on ‘crisis’ in private rental sector
Sian Berry, the Green Party London Assembly Member, has launched a survey to find out more about the problems faced by London’s 2.3 million private renters. The short survey asks about problems with costs, contracts and letting agents, maintenance and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Sian Berry
Tagged Green Party, Housing, London, Mayor, private rental sector, Sian Berry
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Tenancy law change causing more women to be homeless
The number of homeless women in Croydon, many of them forced to sleep rough, is on the increase according to the annual report from Nightwatch, the charity which provides food and support for some of the borough’s most vulnerable people. … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Nightwatch, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged Assured Shorthold Tenancies, Croydon Nightwatch, Homelessness, Housing
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Housing association backs scheme to help young carers
A charity project will identify more than 40 young carers at schools in Croydon over the next two years and help them to connect with appropriate support services. The project is being run in partnership by the charity Off The … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Education, Housing, Property, Schools
Tagged Housing, L&Q, London & Quadrant
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‘Scandal’ of £388m-worth of Croydon homes standing empty
Croydon Council was this week celebrating bringing 137 homes in the borough back into residential use for those on the housing waiting list. Yet according to figures published today, based on data from the Land Registry and property website Rightmove, … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, South Croydon
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Referendum uncertainty sees slowdown in house-building
House-building in London has “slowed down considerably”, according to a report published today by RICS, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, who blame a lack of skilled workers, a shortage of available building sites, and market uncertainties caused by the … Continue reading
Newman’s £18m ‘cast-iron guarantee’ that bucks the market
WALTER CRONXITE on how a Labour-run council that says it is committed to housing the homeless meanwhile needs to maximise profits from a property development at College Green The people of Croydon should be worried. Tony Newman has offered what … Continue reading
Temporary camp in Old Coulsdon woods destroyed by fire
Barely a week after it was discovered in the woods close to Old Coulsdon, the temporary camp thought to have been set up by a homeless construction worker has been burnt down. There is no sign of anyone having been … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Housing, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Coulsdon, Housing, Old Coulsdon
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Drug den in New Addington council flat took months to close
Croydon Council has issued a press release today which underlines that, even with support from the police and court action, it can take at least seven months for those using a council flat as a drug den, causing constant nuisance … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Housing, Mark Watson, New Addington
Tagged Anti-social behaviour, Croydon Council, Housing, Mark Watson, New Addington
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