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A resident in a new council home at Wimbourne Street says ‘it’s amazing you can move such a short distance and have a completely different feeling and space’.

Work has started on 172 new council homes in Hoxton, Clapton and Stoke Newington as Mayor Zoë Garbett calls for funding to build more.

Mayor Garbett responds to today's Autumn Statement

Hackney Council has launched a new interactive map to help people find toilets, drinking water, phone charging and routes home when they’re out at night.

Mayor Zoë Garbett and five council leaders recently met with the Chair for Equality and Human Rights Commission to raise urgent concerns. 

The Council has sped up waste removals, given out more fines and cut illegal dumping by businesses.

Proposals for new School Streets, a 24-hour bus gate, traffic filters, safer crossings, rain gardens and more have been approved.

A new programme of repairs action days is set to be rolled out across Hackney council estates after a pilot saw 20 homes visited and an average of three repairs completed at each in a single day.

We’re helping eligible households secure funding to make their homes more energy efficient.

Residents can have their say on Clissold Park, London Fields (north) and Millfields Park playground refurbishments.

From this month, Hackney Council will be seeking the biggest fines and strongest possible penalties for the worst private landlords in Hackney.

The review of how Hackney’s 79 community halls are used is the latest step in Mayor Zoë Garbett’s ‘Who Owns Hackney’ investigation.