News

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.

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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.

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07/10/2021

Carradale House transformed with new landscaping works

Carradale House and the surrounding area has been transformed with new environmental works.

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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.

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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.

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14/04/2021

Resident Lisa and her son move into ‘dream home’ at Mollis House

Lisa Bajada has lived in Tower Hamlets all of her life, including in Poplar’s Aberfeldy Estate, Stepney and Bow. She and her son recently moved from a one-bedroom, second floor home in a block of flats near Roman Road to a two-bedroom, ground floor flat with a garden at Mollis House. This new development, part of Poplar HARCA's Hidden Homes scheme, has transformed 16 redundant garages into 4 brand new homes.

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26/03/2021

Spotlight youth service receives £750k funding from Mayor of London

Spotlight has won funding to tackle youth violence on the Isle of Dogs.

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10/03/2021

New climate change film tells Tower Hamlets to act now

Time for Change puts a spotlight on the environmental crisis threatening Tower Hamlets. It recently enjoyed a successful virtual premiere, where experts from Tower Hamlets council and UNICEF answered local residents questions.

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14/01/2021

How to use your online portal, MyHARCA

MyHARCA is the quickest way to pay your rent, view your statements and more.

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21/12/2020

Kids cook up tasty eats

Local kids have been finessing their culinary skills recently thanks to a programme by Kitchen Social's, 'Take & Make' recipe kits.

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21/12/2020

Christmas comes early for Poplar HARCA’s elderly residents and dedicated volunteers

Every year, Poplar HARCA puts on a Christmas Lunch event for elderly residents with a Christmas dinner, musical performances and the infamous raffle. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the event couldn’t go ahead this year, so instead Poplar HARCA staff and dedicated volunteers brought Christmas cheer to elders’ doors on Thursday 17th December.

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18/12/2020

Tower Hamlets students delight: community partnership removes barriers to digital inclusion

On Thursday 10 December 2020, 30 excited students and their families from Lansbury Lawrence and Clara Grant primary schools in Poplar, received free laptops and one year free broadband connection to assist with home learning, courtesy of the Inclusive Broadband Connected Communities project.

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