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Greenwich’s Labour councillors reject 67 affordable-rent homes for Charlton Riverside

Greenwich’s Labour-dominated planning committee threw out plans for 67 flats that would be available for affordable-rent levels last night – further delaying the redevelopment of the Charlton riverside. The Optivo housing association had planned to build the flats in blocks of up to seven storeys on the site of a bed warehouse in Eastmoor Street, […]

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Norfolk House: Shared-ownership residents fear £3 million bill to replace unsafe cladding

August 2022 update: Optivo announced in May 2022 that it would cover remediation costs for leaseholders at Norfolk House in Deptford, including waking watches and fire alarms. This story is from October 2020 and does not reflect the current situation. Buying a shared-ownership flat was meant be a way to escape London’s often ruthless rental […]

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