News

04/10/2022

Aberfeldy regeneration wins three awards

The partnership behind the Aberfeldy regeneration in Poplar scooped three prestigious national awards last week.

The project has won accolades for Best Housing Partnership at the British Homes Awards and Best Partnership for over 100 Homes at the Inside Housing Development Awards. The Aberfeldy Village scheme was also highly commended for Best Regeneration at the Evening Standard New Homes Awards.

15/09/2022

Getting savvy on smart home devices

We’ve been working with technology company Aico to offer to fit free smart home devices in your homes.

30/06/2022

Our former chair Christine Searle wins Lifetime Achievement in Housing Award

Poplar HARCA was buzzing on Monday night as we celebrated our former chair and board member Christine Searle winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Housing Heroes Awards ceremony in Manchester.

30/06/2022

Thames Water charge refunds

22/06/2022

Working with residents to improve our repairs service

Paul Stannard recently joined us as our new head of resident experience to help us improve the service our residents receive when they have an issue with a repair.

22/06/2022

Lift programme

We are refurbishing the lifts to a number of Poplar HARCA's buildings as part of our planned maintenance programme.

24/05/2022

Have your say on a new property standard

We're asking residents for their thoughts on a new property standard for our tenanted homes.

20/05/2022

New affordable family homes in Bow

Six local families have moved into new affordable homes for rent, in Bow.

13/01/2022

Government Building Safety update

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has made a statement about the Government’s renewed approach to building safety.

04/01/2022

Kirkby & Thorn Apartments – amends to ground rent clause in leases

When Countryside Properties plc issued the lease to properties at Kirkby & Thorn Apartments it included a clause which means the cost of the ground rent will double more frequently than every 20 years.

19/07/2021

Sisters Ciara and Lula move to a brand new shared ownership property at Hackney’s Stone Studios

Sisters Ciara and Lula grew up in Suffolk, and lived in Shoreditch before moving to their brand new shared ownership property at Hackney’s Stone Studios.

24/06/2021

Michaela gets a foot on the property ladder in brand new shared ownership home

Hackney-local Michaela was living in rented house-shares before buying a shared ownership home at Jolles House. Shared ownership worked out to be cheaper than privately renting, giving her the opportunity to get on the property ladder and stay in East London, close to her family and where she grew up.