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anyone know whats going on now?
I see a couple of bedrooms have returned
I was arguing that the councils (Islington and Haringey) aren't doing enough to tackle the issue of homelessness and drug dealing in the area (and that it's getting worse!)
Here are some excerpts that might be interesting for you to read:
"""""""The work we do to assist rough sleepers is based on trust. The success of our work depends on our ability to gain, nurture and maintain the trust of the rough sleepers we work with, who are often extremely vulnerable, hesitant to seek help. It would be entirely wrong for us to share any Islington resident’s personal details without their consent, (was discussing the non-compliance with Governement request for councils to share data with the gov) let alone those of a vulnerable rough sleeper who needs help and support. Our position is shared and supported by Haringey Council.
Over the last two years, our outreach team has supported 38 people into accommodation who were bedding down at Stroud Green Road. The outreach team continue to visit the surrounding area to engage with those who continue to sleep rough instead of accessing accommodation. Each person has a lead worker and a route away from the streets plan. Earlier this year we worked with the Glasshouse Shelter to support people move away from the streets and link into the support they need. This was an exciting project supported by Housing Justice and the London Mayor. We supported these individuals to move onto stable accommodation ahead of the shelter closing.
Islington Council’s priority is getting people into safe, secure accommodation and giving them the support they need to move off the streets permanently, where they are at significant risk. Islington Council works together with a wide range of partners to ensure a holistic approach is offered.
Some individuals, despite having access to accommodation and wrap around support, continue to return to the area – being drawn back due to substance use. We are concerned that the vulnerable people here are being exploited by drug dealers, taking money in exchange for Class A drugs and that this area is becoming hostile as a result. We also believe one of the draws to this location is that people are being given large sums of money by generous and well-meaning members of the public which is funding their substance use. This is why some people are reluctant to engage with support on offer to move away from the streets. The temporary structures are a health and safety hazard to those that sleep in them. There are some people, who despite continued offers of accommodation and support, remain at this location and their health and wellbeing is deteriorating placing them at risk of harm.
We continue to look at innovative ways in which we can support people and continue to review the needs of those rough sleeping. We now have a new No recourse to public funds worker and a complex needs worker, who are able to offer greater support to those on the streets with these needs. We continue to work with the local neighbourhood police teams, safer transport police and British Transport police to ensure co-ordinated efforts in addressing drug-related activity and criminality. We have recently secured a civil injunction against an individual who persisted in engaging in anti-social behaviour in the area. Islington and Haringey Council, along with relevant partners meet regularly to review support for individuals and wider approach."""""""""""""""""""""
Sorry for the long post, but it's worth sharing and I appreciated the response from one of the Islington councillors.
I still personally think they need to be thinking more about the residents, our health and safety as a priority but at least I got an answer!
Still no answer from the Police about the drug den on Endymion road in the meantime haha.
Has anyone noticed any finished works other than the paint job on the north side of the bridge? The rest of the bridge doesn't look freshly painted and pigeons are still everywhere.
Speaking of rats, I have seen mice and *gigantic* rats running from the embankment across the path to the drumming house at the entrance to the park.
'He said there is "no real reason" to homeless people who previously slept under the bridge to return owing to the effectiveness of Islington and Haringey's outreach teams.'
I have been a militant recycler for decades, I drove my mum mad with it. I make do and mend the way I was taught to by my nan. I do not have kids, I grow much of my own food, I cycle and do not use a car. I haven't flown for ten years and I buy maybe one new item of clothing a year. I have furnished every house I have lived with street finds (except couches and mattresses) or made things myself. Apart from my phone I live a very analog life. And I work for a large chain of bookshops whose eco policy - no single use plastics in cafe, compostable cups, bike scheme, leftover food to homeless not waste etc I have helped to drive. I'll happily bore on for ages about it.
If I was the developer who is presumably being accused - who have already sold most of their units from what I understand - I'd be quite happy that people had the homeless still under the bridge as an incentive to walk through my development with its soon-to-open retail.