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Guest Post: The Houses in Multiple Occupation Scam. Warehousing the poor and ripping off the public

February 19, 2017 By Jon Knowles 11 Comments

Guest Post: The Houses in Multiple Occupation Scam. Warehousing the poor and ripping off the public

This post comes from Jon Knowles, who lives in Hounslow, West London. Some time ago Jon noticed some disturbing changes in his area. Homes built to accommodate a family of three or four were being bought up and converted to houses in multiple occupation. The practice was starting to have an impact on the neighbourhood […]

Filed Under: Case Studies Tagged With: Affordable Housing, Hanworth, HMOs, Hounslow, Houses in Multiple Occupation

Update: Somers Town Judicial Review

February 18, 2017 By George Turner Leave a Comment

Update: Somers Town Judicial Review

This update has come in from Michael Parkes who wrote about gentrification in Somers Town on this site.  Bad news from the Oral Hearing held on 7th February. After nearly two hours of argument, Mr Justice Jay sided with Camden Council and refused our application for Judicial Review. His reasoning appeared to be that London […]

Filed Under: Story updates Tagged With: Camden, Somers Town

Guest Post: Somers Town – The Planning and Housing crisis in London’s gold belt

February 3, 2017 By Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Guest Post: Somers Town – The Planning and Housing crisis in London’s gold belt

This guest post comes from Michael Parkes, a chartered surveyor and community planner working in Somers Town in Camden. Michael has a long history of good work in London, previously having been involved with the Campaign for Homes in Central London. In this article he writes about Somers Town and posits a new typology for […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Neighbourhood Planning Tagged With: Camden, Community Investment Programme, Neighbourhood planning, Somers Town, Viability assessment

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