Hackney to build 100 extra council homes
0Hackney Council is to build an extra 100 homes after getting a £45.5m funding boost from the capital’s mayor.
The funding was awarded from the Building Homes for Londoners programme and has now been allocated to projects.
Estate regeneration gets £10m to convert 100 homes for council rent.
Hackney mayor Phil Glanville said: “This funding is vital, and means 100 more families in desperate need of a council home will have one.
“Sadiq Khan’s support for council house-building means we have the long-term financial security to invest in finding new sites to develop homes.”