Living in Hackney Scrutiny Commission
Living in Hackney predominantly considers housing and the local environment. This frequently involves working with Hackney Homes and the many Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) who operate in the borough, as well as parks user groups and environmental campaigners.
You can view the Commission's full work programme for the year on the agenda for each of its meetings.
Commission details: membership, meetings, and contacts
Current review - Supporting Local High Streets
The Commission chose this topic for review in recognition that the council's business development support focuses on 'town centres' (like Dalston and Hackney Central) rather than local community hubs, and the real contribution these high streets can make to life in Hackney.
The review is nearing completion, and Councillors have already heard from representatives of Broadway Market, Chatsworth Road, Stoke Newington, Ridley Road, Well Street and Victoria Park village.
Find out more about our scrutiny review of supporting local high streets.
Current review - Sports Participation
The Commission is completing a review of sports participation, looking at how the council and partners will maximise the opportunities from the Olympics to get more people involved in physical activity.
Find out more about our scrutiny review of sports participation.
Previous reviews by this Commission
- Resident Participation 10/11
- Joint Review (with CSSI) on Estate Safety and Tackling ASB 09/10
- Local Food Growing 09/10
- Housing Overcrowding Review 08/09 (PDF, 752KB)
- Review of Green Space in Hackney 07/08 (PDF, 306KB)
- Licensing Report 06/07 (PDF, 177KB)
- RSLs Report 06/07 (PDF, 202KB)
- Hackney Street Markets Report 05/06 (PDF, 1.2MB)
One-off items (in 2010-12)
In the last year the Commission had a number of discussion items as follows:
- Impact of the Housing Benefit reform
- Succession policy in housing allocations
- Enforcement Strategy update
- Responsible Dog Project: feedback from consultation
- Satisfaction data relating to the Choice Based Lettings system
- Update on the Libraries Strategy
- Fuel Poverty
Page updated: 12 Jan 2012
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