Six new Islington council homes built in smaller-scale schemes

Tenants have moved into new Islington council homes built in smaller-scale schemes to help provide badly-needed new social housing.

Six homes have been created on three sites across the borough, replacing old accommodation and underused car parking and garages.  The projects are:

King Henry's Walk - a three-bedroom wheelchair-accessible bungalow and a four-bedroom house have replaced two old bungalows, which were no longer fit for purpose

Bennett Court - a new two-bedroom flat and three-bedroom maisonette were built on the site of poorly used car parking

Thorpedale Road - two two-bedroom houses were built on the site of nine dilapidated garages.  Two new garages were also built as part of the scheme

The three schemes - also known as "infill" because they utilise smaller, poorly used areas beside existing homes - are part of the council's wider commitment to build new council homes for local people in housing need.

Cllr Diarmaid Ward, Islington Council's executive member for housing and development, said: "We are committed to building more genuinely affordable housing for local residents in Islington.

"We've looked carefully at where we can build badly-needed new council homes.  This has included some smaller sites with one or two homes, as well as much bigger schemes. Each new home makes a difference to people in housing need.

"Under our local lettings policy, people from the local estate are given priority for new council homes, together with people who need a specific kind of home, for example wheelchair users."

All of the six properties now have tenants.

Recently completed larger new-build projects in Islington include Brunswick Court, near Goswell Road; Lyon House, off Caledonian Road; and Parkhurst Road in Holloway.

For more about new council housing in Islington see www.islington.gov.uk/newbuild