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Tag Archives: Housing
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 South
Tagged Anti-social behaviour, Croydon Council, Housing, Mark Watson, New Addington
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House prices predicted to continue to rise by 7% in 2016
Home prices in London and south-east England are set to rise by up to 7 per cent in 2016, according to independent property research published today. The speculative property developers who have been homing in on Croydon must be rubbing … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini
Tagged council homes, Croydon, Housing, London, social homes
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Council’s new architects’ department consists of one person
When is a borough architects’ department not an architects’ department? When it is in Croydon Council, of course. Claims made last month by one of Croydon’s most senior employees that the council was about to re-establish an in-house team of … Continue reading
£2,000 per month two-bed rent in London within four years
The average rent for a two-bed home in London will hit £2,007 a month by January 2020 if rents continue to rise at their current pace, according to research by a London Assembly member. That would mean that in little … Continue reading
Empire-building architects’ department doesn’t add up
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A former member of the borough’s engineering department, DAVID WICKENS wonders why the council is to re-establish an in-house architects’ department I read with interest the council’s decision to resurrect an in-house architects’ department. As I recall the … Continue reading
Housing services advice bus, Shirley, Aug 25
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Shirley North, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Council, Housing, Shirley, Waddon
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Developers are not the answer to London’s housing crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Borough councils, including Croydon, have leant heavily on speculative developments to build new homes. But London needs a far more radical approach, according to CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, who is seeking selection by Labour to be the party’s Mayoral candidate … Continue reading
Landlords challenge licensing scheme with Judicial Review
Another of Labour’s flagship policies for Croydon, the landlord licensing scheme which was a key part of the manifesto when they won control of the council last year, could be facing a crisis as a group of local businesses are … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon, Housing, Jo Negrini, Labour, Landlord licensing scheme, London, Tory
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Time to make housing a voting issue, one brick at a time
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council’s “MasterPlan” for housing is a political joke, says DAVID CALLAM The housing MasterPlan would be funny if it wasn’t so serious for so many families who can never afford the fairytale prices being demanded by property … Continue reading
Croydon’s ‘MasterPlan’ only makes housing crisis worse
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Last week’s announcement by the Conservative Party that they want to give housing association tenants the Right to Buy has not impressed regular commenter, ROD DAVIES The Right-to-Buy proposals are just plain mad, but perhaps in Croydon they … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, ECCO, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Planning
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Tory
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Television property show is seeking willing victims in Croydon
The Location, Location, Location duo of Phil Spencer and Kirstie All-strop have been teamed together for another property show – this time one not about finding a dream home, but about making the most of what you’ve already got. And … Continue reading
Selling a dream from £400,000 flats beside railway line
1pm UPDATE: Seems that the nice people at the Redrow marketing department may have had second thoughts about their soft-focus soft-porn for their over-priced London flats. Their two minutes of carefully crafted advertisement video appears to have vanished from the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Cherry Orchard Gardens, East Croydon, Housing, Menta Tower, Planning, Property
Tagged Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Housing, Menta, Redrow
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Croydon suffering more as London’s poverty gap grows
It’s not just the Scots who are demanding a new financial settlement from central government. Outer London boroughs, especially Croydon, need to get more cash from Westminster for the growing needs of their rapidly growing populations. Croydon, as we have … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Health, Housing, Schools
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Housing, Labour, London, Poverty, Tory
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Rogers calls on planners to build homes in “empty” Croydon
One of the world’s leading architects has called for the radical re-building of central Croydon to provide homes to help meet the national housing crisis. “You could put two new towns in the centre of Croydon without any problem because … Continue reading
Opportunity knocked as council halts office conversions
Croydon’s Labour council is putting its pro-business reputation on the line by calling a halt to the often lucrative conversion of the borough’s empty offices into housing. Last week, owners and occupiers of office buildings in what the council has … Continue reading
Plan for 300 homes on Green Belt angers Addington
A packed residents’ meeting in Addington this week heard of developer plans to build 300 homes on Green Belt land at the bottom of Gravel Hill. Conservative councillor Jason Cummings told an audience of more than 100 people at the … Continue reading
Election candidate calls Croydon’s modern slums a scandal
Croydon Council’s mishandling of its housing stock – with a rising number of empty council homes despite more than 2,000 families forced to live in temporary accommodation – has been described as a “scandal” by one of the candidates for … Continue reading
