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Residents of London apartment block left without running water for 12 days

Housing association L&Q’s contractor shut off water to flats in Sidcup without warning to repair a pipe

The Guardian - UK

'I thought I was going to die': Mum’s terror as lift plunges two floors in Shepherd’s Bush Westfield housing block

Newall Court was built as part of the Westfield development project

Evening Standard

Yes, ball games: drive to take down signs warning against play begins in London

Charity says thousands of signs on capital’s estates deter children from being active, and is covering some of them up

The Guardian - UK

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Disabled ex-Army doctor left without heating and hot water in West London housing association flat

Terry Cyrille, who served in Iraq as a combat medic, has battled life-threatening cancer and other severe illnesses

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan-backed plan for 20,000-home 'new town in London' submitted

The Mayor of London described the development as ‘a model of how to fix our housing crisis’ and ‘a blueprint’ for the Government to follow

Evening Standard

‘It’s decimated’: Rayner faces a battle to boost Britain’s social housing

Labour wants action. But rent caps, rising interest rates and restrictions on councils have hit the affordable homes sector hard

The Guardian - UK

‘Affordable’ shared-ownership homes cost residents more than half their wages

Many people now feel trapped despite major provider’s guidance that mortgage, rent and service charges should not exceed 40% of take-home pay

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London Living Rent: 'I saved £700 a month for my first home using this cheap rent scheme'

Francesca Frattini paid below-market rent thanks to London Living Rent, so why isn’t it on more people’s radar?

Evening Standard

L&Q sees the flaw in its 80% price rise

Leaseholders were faced by a huge increase in service charges, which the housing association now realises was a mistake

The Guardian - UK

L&Q has raised my flat’s service charge by 41%. I can’t afford it

This is causing enormous stress … and we don’t even know what the money is needed for

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re being ripped off’: England’s ‘affordable-housing’ residents who are being priced out of their own homes

Service charges for shared-ownership houses have rocketed, leaving many unable to pay. We hear their stories

The Guardian - UK

Residents’ fears as more than 75 apartment complex balconies at risk of collapse

Balcony partially collapsed at the Weaver’s Quarter estate in Barking last week, fortunately leaving no-one injured

The Independent UK

Residents shocked after balcony collapses from east London apartment block

Matt Lismore, who lives on the Gascoigne East estate, said it's a "miracle nobody was seriously injured"

Evening Standard

London on the brink: how the rental crisis is killing the capital – and how to fix it

With rents eating up to 85 per cent of their income, tenants facing being forced out of the capital are searching for solutions

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Shared ownership: how to ‘staircase’ to owning a home — the pros and cons

It’s vital to check the small print, but by increasing your share you could pay less rent and take advantage of rising house prices

The Guardian - UK

England’s big social housing landlords ignoring official complaint warnings

Calls for government to get tougher after record number of non-compliance on orders to improve handling of tenants’ complaints

Evening Standard

Where to find shared ownership homes in London now Help to Buy is no longer an option

Thanks to the cost-of-living crisis and soaring rents, getting on the property ladder is harder than ever. But these well-situated shared-ownership homes hold the key

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The dire state of Britain’s social housing – and how to stop the rot

In today’s newsletter: Poor quality housing impacts the life chances and even the health of thousands – so why is it allowed to continue?

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The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove tells landlord L&Q: ‘You have failed your residents’

Social housing landlord ordered to pay tenants compensation after findings of severe maladministration

The Guardian - UK

Landlord L&Q told to pay out to tenants after finding of severe mismanagement

Ombudsman says there was maladministration in tackling disrepair and complaints received dismissive responses

Evening Standard

Elderly woman died of hypothermia after call to housing association about faulty boiler was unanswered

Sylvia Pollitt died in her housing assocation bungalow 13 days after reporting the fault

The Guardian - UK

We’re trapped by the cladding scandal and can’t find a way out

We urgently need to sell, but our block is exempt from the government scheme

Evening Standard

London living rent: scheme offers renters without deposits a way to save to buy a home

Homes in the London Living Rent scheme are priced according to average local income, giving tenants more opportunity to save a deposit

Daily Mirror

'City village' where 'kids as young as 6 get high and heroin injected in stairwells'

Residents told of seeing children taking laughing gas in the communal areas and people taking Class A drugs on the stairwells at their housing development in north London

Wales Online

Housing association tenants complain of giant rats, raw sewage and health problems due to mould

More than 15,000 complaints about disrepair were made to a watchdog, with tenants worried about rat infestations, raw sewage and health problems caused by mould

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