Glenkerry Co-operative

Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.

Homelessness higher than official figures, research shows

Around 189,000 families and individuals who faced the worst forms of homelessness such as rough sleeping, sofa surfing and living in tents were not included in official statistics

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V&A East Museum opening weekend V&A East Museum opens on 18 April 2026 for a new free cultural destination.

V&A East Museum is set to open on Saturday 18 April 2026
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London 1980s housing crisis film remastered for film festival Hotel London being shown at the London Film Festival is

London 1980s housing crisis film, Hotel London, about a British Bangladeshi family made homeless in the mid 1980s, shown at the London Film Festival

Writer-director Ahmed Alauddin Jamal said "It's sad that nearly 40 years later it even more relevant"

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The new bridge will be handy for Glenkerryites to get to a the riverside path and Cody Dock

They included the Bus Depot Development towers, but I wonder why they didn't include the DPD warehouse on the other side of the bridge in the render...

New £10m bridge over the River Lea planned to connect east London boroughs Tower Hamlets and Newham
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Autumn alliteration
🔹Bus depot development
🔹decoy diversion
🔹 Poplar poppies

Renters' Rights Bill becomes law - here's what it means for you Sweeping new rules for renting in England receive royal assent - so what is changing?

Renters' Rights Bill becomes law - here's what it means for you
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Government and City Hall confirm two-year cut in affordable housing requirements from 35% to 20% Long-awaited package of support to boost housebuilding in London also includes changes to design standards, relief from levies and changes to mayoral powers, in bid to increase density of schemes and improve viability

Labour slashes affordable housing from 35% to 20%
and withdraws single aspect and cycle parking guidance

Developers are making £ multi-billion profits, but it's housing affordability, quality & the living environment that are attacked, not profits

Why?
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What kind of society have we become where our public services "crack down on rough sleepers"?

"TfL spends £113k to crack down on rough sleepers"
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Big noisy turnout for the TOWER HAMLETS UNITY DEMO - a peaceful, community protest against racism, Islamophobia and the far-right (originally arranged as a counter demo against a UKIP demo, but thankfully that was cancelled)

¡No pasarán! East London is Anti-Fascist!

Breaking news from Poplar:
It's 6 pm and it's dark already. Next week it's going to be even worse. Much worse. Word is coming through from other parts of the country that the situation there is much the same.
Ends.

London affordable housing quota reduced from 35% to 20% Sir Sadiq Khan agrees a deal with government to lower quotas to try and speed up housing projects.

Shame on them

"The government and the mayor of London have agreed to change the quota for the amount of affordable housing for new developments in London from 35% to 20%"
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Water companies told to refund £260m to customers. But bills are still due to rise to fund improvements to water infrastructure.

"Water companies told to refund £260m to customers for poor performance"

"Thames Water – the UK's largest water company - has been penalised the most at £75.2m for its performance in the 2024/25 year"

And guess where they'll get the money from - us!

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Frozen housing benefit see families plunged into homelessness

Frozen housing benefits and rising rents feel like 'quicksand'
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Glenkerry House from Chrisp Street Market

Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis?

One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block

@peteapps.bsky.social for the Guardian
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UKIP banned from protesting in Tower Hamlets over disorder fears Police say any UKIP members assembling in the area, which has a high Muslim population, face arrest.

Met bans UKIP from protesting in Tower Hamlets
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Rainbow 🌈 over Carradale House (and the bus depot development 😠) just now

YouTube video by Historic England Brutalist Architecture Explained in 60 Seconds 🏢 #history #london #england

According to Historic England, we are the "coolest example of #Brutalist architecture" 😎
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No trip to the Yabsley St. recycling centre is complete without a photo across the Thames of the Millennium Dome (now with a partially-cleaned canopy)

The last time I could see The Shard from my balcony was in 2012 before The Panoramic occluded it

'Inclusive' Muslim Charity Run bans women and teenage girls The Muslim Charity Run says its

Disappointing by East London Mosque Trust

But the people using this to whip up hatred and division are even worse

'Inclusive' race bans women and girls over 12
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Visit City Hall Did you know that City Hall is open to the public? See inside the cutting-edge architecture, attend a public debate in the Chamber, or simply enjoy a delicious lunch in London’s Kitchen Café.

Visit City Hall

Did you know that City Hall is open to the public?

(I didn't - I'm going to take a look in the coming week)

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Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

Should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers - a son of a bricklayer, born in Poplar in 1905 - be seen as the real father of computing?

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Hand Greenwich Foot Tunnel to TfL, lift campaigners demand in petition - The Greenwich Wire Campaigners have launched a petition calling for control of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel to be transferred from Greenwich Council to Transport for London.

Hand Greenwich Foot Tunnel to TfL, lift campaigners demand in petition
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The service tower of Balfron Tower viewed through a gap between Glenkerry House's south tower and Glenkerry House's shed block.

Balfron Tower from Glenkerry house

Lewisham Council criticised by ombudsman for housing failures Lewisham Council condemned for major delays to repairs and a lack of communication with tenants.

'Defensive' council fails on 92% of housing issues, eg on tackling hazards

~ ¼ of homes fell below the Decent Homes Standard - twice the London average

Decades of govt squeezing councils' cash and landlordism housing policy exacerbated by local failings

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The Harder They Come Based on the cult classic film that brought reggae to the world, The Harder They Come tells the story of Ivan, an aspiring singer who arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, determined to live out his dreams on...

Great night at @stratfordeast.com watching The Harder They Come. Brilliant performances, great staging, and of course the iconic songs. Highly recommended. www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...

Bypassing the paywall / spywall
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The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism

I missed this by Nick Bano when it was published last year - good article:

"Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism"
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