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London borough strikes deal with developer to acquire 249 new homes for affordable rent
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London borough successfully prosecutes building owner over delays in removing dangerous cladding
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London borough suspends direct offers of properties to those on waiting list following threat of legal action
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London borough to apply to Government for exceptional financial support, blaming temporary accommodation costs
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London borough to lobby central government over £1.8bn Housing Revenue Account funding gap
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London borough to pay £7,600 after leaving family in unsuitable accommodation for more than a year
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London borough to pay £8k+ after family remained in unsuitable accommodation for 23 months
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London borough to pay complainant £4k after failure to take homelessness application earlier
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London borough to review approach to Equality Act duties when providing temporary accommodation for homeless
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London borough wins appeal over housing policy favouring working families
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London borough wins High Court battle with tenant on banding and overcrowding
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London borough wins High Court challenge to decision by inspection on enforcement action over conversion of office basement
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London boroughs issue report on going beyond statutory and regulatory housing responsibilities, admitting there is “more they must do”
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London boroughs pledge not to make Home Office referrals under rough sleeping immigration rules
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London boroughs win out-of-borough housing claim at CoA
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London council contemplates legal action against Home Office over cost of asylum seeker support
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London council delayed for 15 months in accepting main housing duty towards domestic abuse survivor: Ombudsman
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London council failed to meet health and safety requirements across thousands of its homes, Regulator of Social Housing finds
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London council loses High Court fight over mortgagee protection clause and affordable housing obligations in s.106 agreement
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