Consultation on overhaul of Hackney's social housing list
“We could continue as we are, but it takes a lot of resources to maintain that list as it stands, and that is resources we are not spending on working with households on their housing options." She said she feels “very uncomfortable with giving people the false expectation that they will get a home when we know, with the waiting times and the scale of the register, they won’t". There are now 13,400 households on the waiting list for around 40,000 social housing stock properties in Hackney, with the register growing each year. Additionally, just over 600 properties became available this ...
Source: hackneygazette.co.uk