Housing Estates Under Threat Of Demolition Handed Back To Council

Two west London housing estates that have been under threat of demolition by developers for 12 years are to be handed back to the council in a major victory for campaigners. Residents on the estates, Gibbs Green and West Kensington, will be told at a meeting this evening that their homes will be returned to public ownership under the terms of a deal struck by Hammersmith & Fulham council leader Stephen Cowan. It ends one of the longest-running disputes over regeneration plans between social housing tenants and developers in London in recent years. Read more on the Evening Standard website.

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