Sunday’s demonstration, which was organised by the Kill the Housing Bill campaign, began in Lincoln’s Inn Fields – as was reported in the Evening Standard – with Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, telling us she is opposed to the Housing Bill, and ended outside Parliament – as reported in the Independent – with James … Continue reading No Platform For Labour Lies
A Manifesto For All Londoners? Sadiq Khan’s Promises on Housing
Homes for Londoners 1. The Labour mayoral candidate’s promise to double the number of homes built in London to 50,000 a year is part of an offer, which was made to the Government by the London Housing Commission this week, in return for greater mayoral powers to force local authorities to make more public land … Continue reading A Manifesto For All Londoners? Sadiq Khan’s Promises on Housing
Central Hill: Design Proposals
1. Continuation not Demolition Central Hill is an extremely well-designed estate whose masterplan, drawn up by LCC architect Rosemary Stjernstedt, is a model of community living and estate planning. Completed in the early 1970s, it consists of 456 structurally sound flats that are home to an established and strong community of over 1,000 people.ASH’s proposals aim to respect and continue the existing … Continue reading Central Hill: Design Proposals
Community Consultation: The future of Central Hill estate
On Saturday, 20 February, from 2-5pm, Architects for Social Housing presented their architectural proposals for the continuation and future of Central Hill estate at an exhibition and meeting held at Christ Church hall, Gipsy Hill. The Save Central Hill Community campaign has been fighting since February 2015 to save their estate and the community it houses. ASH were invited … Continue reading Community Consultation: The future of Central Hill estate
Facts and Figures on Central Hill Estate
Option for In-Fill and Refurbishment: Report by Lambeth Council Financial and Legal Considerations Homes for Lambeth and Lambeth Council are separate legal entities – so the new company would be taking on an early debt for properties on which it had no legal ownership status, and would not therefore represent assets against which debt could … Continue reading Facts and Figures on Central Hill Estate
MODERN TIMES: A Walk in Charlie Chaplin’s Footsteps
Saturday, 13 February, 2016. As part of a weekend of action against the Housing and Planning Bill, Architects for Social Housing conducted a guided tour of the Southwark and Lambeth streets of Charlie Chaplin's childhood. Chaplin was born in 1889 into a music hall family that rapidly fell into poverty. As with most poor families, Charlie moved … Continue reading MODERN TIMES: A Walk in Charlie Chaplin’s Footsteps
Good News on Central Hill
On Tuesday evening the Central Hill Tenants and Residents Association was informed that the exhibition of proposals for the demolition of their estate announced by Lambeth Council for 20 February has been cancelled, and the decision to demolish their estate put back from April to June. This is the third time the date has been rescheduled. … Continue reading Good News on Central Hill
Central Hill Community
Could you live on this estate? Trapped in a concrete jungle? Surrounded by monotonous grey facades? Isolated by poorly-lit walkways? In homes with no individuality? Lacking in care and love? With badly-maintained gardens? A lack of communal spaces? And no sports facilities for the young? Caught in a poverty trap? With gangs of kids roaming the … Continue reading Central Hill Community
In Defence of Central Hill
In June 2015, Architects for Social Housing (ASH) were contacted by residents of Central Hill, a council estate in Crystal Palace. They has started the Save Central Community campaign that February, and were fighting to save their homes from demolition at the hands of Lambeth Council, who had formally added the estate to their regeneration programme in December 2014. … Continue reading In Defence of Central Hill
Blitzkrieg! Sink Estates and Starter Homes
1. Sink Estates Since its regeneration following the 1985 riots, Broadwater Farm has had one of the lowest crime rates of any urban area in the world. In an independent 2003 survey of all the estate’s residents, only 2% said they considered the area unsafe, the lowest number for any area in London. The estate also has … Continue reading Blitzkrieg! Sink Estates and Starter Homes
Simon Elmer 