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Search the Public Notice PortalAs a longstanding resident, councillor, and activist, writing my first Hackney Gazette column as Mayor of Hackney – the first representing the Green Party – is a privilege.
I’m incredibly proud that Hackney put its faith in me, with the Green Party winning overall control of Hackney Council for the first time.
Since then, we’ve hit the ground running.
We are working to repurpose an empty council-owned building into a new gym for the community - the first example of our Who Owns Hackney investigation aiming to make space available to our communities.
We’re speeding up repairs, including using drones to cut the use of overbearing scaffolding on council blocks that people have said is disrupting their daily lives.
And we’ve launched a £3.5 million cost of living fund to help low-income households using Hackney’s incredible voluntary organisations.
My priority is reversing the inequality that has left too many people in Hackney behind.
So much of that comes down to the housing crisis our city is in the midst of.
My goal is simple: a Hackney our communities can afford to stay in.
Over 40% of Hackney residents live in deprivation.
Families face some of the longest waiting times for social housing.
We urgently need more affordable social homes, and must ensure developers build genuinely affordable housing.
Instead, we have a Mayor of London doing the opposite – slashing targets and letting developers off the hook.
That’s why, alongside Lewisham and Tower Hamlets councils and supported by boroughs across London, I’ve launched a legal challenge to stop the Mayor of London’s proposals to let developers reduce the proportion of affordable homes in new projects to as little as 20%, down from 35%.
The Mayor of London is no longer surrounded by councils willing to sign off any developer-driven decision he wants.
In Hackney, you now have a mayor who will go to bat for affordable housing.
Meanwhile, with private renters paying eye-watering rents to landlords who neglect their tenants, I’ve used my voice to call on government to back rent controls, fund a new generation of council homes, end exploitative leasehold practices, and stop selling off council homes through Right-to-Buy.
After decades of underinvestment in social housing – all while millions of pounds in public funds are funnelled straight into the pockets of private landlords – people want a government that makes their lives better every day.
As your mayor, I’ll fight until we get one.
- Zoë Garbett is the Green Party Mayor of Hackney.
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