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The discussions between Hackney Council and developer Hackney Walk “are not trivial” but the public has no right to read them

The public have no right to read the discussions between Hackney Council and dodgy developer Hackney Walk about their plans for 55 Morning Lane. This is the disappointing ruling of the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Commissioner has read the information that we can’t see and decided “it is clearly not of a trivial nature”. YetContinue reading “The discussions between Hackney Council and developer Hackney Walk “are not trivial” but the public has no right to read them”

Hackney Council sells nearly twice as many council homes as it builds

From 2010 to 2022, Hackney Council built just 464 council rent homes in the borough. During that same 12 year period, they sold 895 homes. That’s a net loss of 431 units of public housing, despite thousands of Hackney residents being in insecure and temporary accomodation, sometimes for years. Thanks to Ruth Parkinson for findingContinue reading “Hackney Council sells nearly twice as many council homes as it builds”

Setting the record straight

We want to correct some of the things we’ve heard people say about the Morning Lane development. The Mayor said that by buying the 55 Morning Lane site, the Council ensured that we will keep a Tesco store on the site. This is not true. Tesco made the sale of the site conditional on thereContinue reading “Setting the record straight”