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Islington Council is standing up for private renters in the borough by seeking to launch a new charter setting out the support and protections on offer.

A topping out ceremony at Dixon Clark Court has celebrated the moment that builders completed the highest point of the new development, which will provide much-needed new council homes.

Islington Council today (Thursday, 22 December) sets out a five-point action plan to tackle damp and mould in council homes.

Islington Council will build 37 new council homes in Vorley Road in a pioneering net-zero project to help tackle the housing crisis and climate emergency.

Islington Council held a special awards ceremony this week to celebrate the frontline staff who help to look after the borough’s estates and homes, ensuring that everyone has a place to live which is safe and decent.

Twenty homeless people in Islington have successfully found jobs and homes thanks to the generosity of their local community. Islington Council has partnered with Beam, an innovative social enterprise and fundraising platform, which brings communities together online to help homeless people achieve their goals.

Islington Council is appealing for more hosts to help house Ukrainian refugees and transform lives in the borough.

Islington Council is today (Monday, 26 September) announcing a £10 million investment programme that allows local people to help shape the transformation of shared spaces on estates across the borough.   

Today (Wednesday, 24 August), Islington Council is celebrating the Independence Day of Ukraine, in solidarity with the 284 Ukrainian refugees who have settled in the borough this year.

Islington Council has prosecuted a landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with licensing regulations, including refusal to provide a kitchen for a tenant, resulting in costs of £40,000.

Islington Council has opened a new housing scheme to provide accommodation and support for people who have slept rough in Islington.

Islington Council is inviting local people to have their say on early proposals for a new leisure centre, health and wellbeing hub, better public spaces, and much-needed new council homes near Old Street.