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Drug den in New Addington council flat took months to close
Croydon Council has issued a press release today which underlines that, even with support from the police and court action, it can take at least seven months for those using a council flat as a drug...
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Temporary camp in Old Coulsdon woods destroyed by fire
Barely a week after it was discovered in the woods close to Old Coulsdon, the temporary camp thought to have been set up by a homeless construction worker has been burnt down. There is no sign of...
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Newman’s £18m ‘cast-iron guarantee’ that bucks the market
WALTER CRONXITE on how a Labour-run council that says it is committed to housing the homeless meanwhile needs to maximise profits from a property development at College Green The people of Croydon...
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Referendum uncertainty sees slowdown in house-building
House-building in London has “slowed down considerably”, according to a report published today by RICS, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, who blame a lack of skilled workers, a shortage of...
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‘Scandal’ of £388m-worth of Croydon homes standing empty
Croydon Council was this week celebrating bringing 137 homes in the borough back into residential use for those on the housing waiting list. Yet according to figures published today, based on data from...
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Housing association backs scheme to help young carers
A charity project will identify more than 40 young carers at schools in Croydon over the next two years and help them to connect with appropriate support services. The project is being run in...
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Tenancy law change causing more women to be homeless
The number of homeless women in Croydon, many of them forced to sleep rough, is on the increase according to the annual report from Nightwatch, the charity which provides food and support for some of...
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Greens’ Berry seeks views on ‘crisis’ in private rental sector
Sian Berry, the Green Party London Assembly Member, has launched a survey to find out more about the problems faced by London’s 2.3 million private renters. The short survey asks about problems with...
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90,000 children in London in temporary housing, report says
Fix this, minister. A report published today will land with a double thud on Gavin Barwell’s ministerial desk in his new office at the Department for Communities and Local Government. Barwell, the MP...
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Charity groups seek volunteers for CR Zero homeless project
A coalition of organisations, endorsed by the local council, is looking for 120 volunteers and local businesses to help tackle chronic rough sleeping in Croydon, as part of a scheme called CR Zero...
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Three-year residency rule on council homes could cost millions
Tony “Soprano” Newman’s cunning plan for winning the 2018 local elections is to out-UKIP UKIP, with a housing policy that will restrict those qualifying for council homes to those who have lived in...
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Time to make housing a voting issue, one brick at a time
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council’s “MasterPlan” for housing is a political joke, says DAVID CALLAM The housing MasterPlan would be funny if it wasn’t so serious for so many families who can never afford...
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Landlords challenge licensing scheme with Judicial Review
Another of Labour’s flagship policies for Croydon, the landlord licensing scheme which was a key part of the manifesto when they won control of the council last year, could be facing a crisis as a...
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Developers are not the answer to London’s housing crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Borough councils, including Croydon, have leant heavily on speculative developments to build new homes. But London needs a far more radical approach, according to CHRISTIAN WOLMAR,...
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Housing services advice bus, Shirley, Aug 25
Other dates and venues: Tue, September 29 2pm-7pm Waddon (location to be confirmed) Tue, October 27 10am-3pm TBC Tue, November 24 10am-3pm TBC Inside Croydon Events: for dates and links to what’s...
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It’s official: Thornton Heath is a property market hot-spot
Croydon’s going through a boom time. Hadn’t you noticed? While the number of people having to work on low-rates, no guarantees, no-rights Zero Hours contracts is reported to have risen by 19 per cent...
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Homelessness crisis sees council invest extra £15m in fund
Caught between a rock and a hard place, of London’s ever-spiralling private rents and the Tory government’s ruthless reductions in benefits, Croydon Council is to invest an extra £15million into...
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Minister Barwell lies on homelessness and shifts on Green Belt
WALTER CRONXITE on how a local MP has pirouetted 180 degrees around what he has stood for in the past Gavin Barwell, the Conservative MP for Croydon Central, smeared himself across the airwaves of...
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Location, Location, Location is seeking Croydon home-hunters
Location, Location, Location is coming to Croydon. Want Kirstie & Phil’s help? Apply now! https://apply.zodiakmedia.com Inside Croydon Events: for the most comprehensive community events listings,...
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‘Ideological’ housing White Paper could add to homelessness
The head of a Croydon homelessness charity has today roundly criticised the government’s White Paper on housing for being too reliant on property developers, for “a preoccupation with ownership at all...
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