HOUSING

Green space in Brent is not under threat say the council as the deadline to comment on the borough's Local Plan looms.

"Inspirational" Astrid Aurell is on a mission to raise more than £5,000 to buy Christmas presents for children living in temporary accommodation.

Campaigners in Willesden Green have accused the council of "dithering" after losing a seven-year-battle to save their much-loved pub

A Kensal Green charity for dogs, cats and communities has joined forces with Crisis to help pets and their owners affected by homelessness.

A government inspector has called last orders on a valued pub in Willesden Green that will now be demolished to provide housing.

Tenants and leaseholders in Brondesbury attended a meeting to demand answers over claims of inadequate repair work, anti-social behaviour and asbestos on their estates.

Pupils from a Willesden primary school made special bags which they filled and donated to the homeless in Brent.

Private rent in Brent now costs £3,600 more a year than what people were paying in 2012, according to new figures.

A rogue landlord has been fined more than £7,000 for ignoring Brent's selective licensing laws.

Eligible voters in a controversial ballot held in South Kilburn have overwhelmingly said 'yes' to regeneration plans.

Communities in South Kilburn want a controversial regeneration ballot postponed - because 8,000 people cannot vote and others believe it is "too vague" for people to make a real choice.

Dawn Butler MP has nominated a threatened pub in Willesden Green for this year's Parliamentary Pub of the Year.

When Jasmine Fakir moved from her Kingsbury home to take care of her poorly mother she did not expect squatters to move in and try and sell it.

Work has officially started on building 149 new council homes in Harlesden.

A new cleaning service has been launched to maintain Brent's housing estates, billed as giving neighbours more control over services they pay for.

The flagship Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation should not include a controversial tract of land owned by Cargiant, a planning inspector has recommended.

Brent Council has said all 18 homes proposed for the site of two much loved community centres will be council housing - but campaigners are still concerned by proposals to replace the community space with a "social enterprise hub".

A private care home is set to redeveloped to provide more than 60 one-bed "independent living" flats in a six-storey block.

Round two of a battle to save a popular Willesden Green pub from being demolished is to be decided once again by a planning inspector.

Campaigners in South Kilburn took their community activities to the civic centre urging planning chiefs to protect, not dismantle, their vital building.

A grieving daughter has had the rent for her dead mum's Willesden home waived - following a public outcry over the landlord's housing policy.

A library campaigner is calling out for a new location for bright colourful murals in Wembley Central which must make way for housing.

A charity exists within a heritage building in South Kilburn that asks for no council funding yet supports the homeless, those with low and no incomes, and the wider community.

A Wembley landlord has been fined £25,500 for housing breaches including placing more than 25 tenants in a rundown property in Kilburn.

"That's when we realised we were being outflanked - a mosque on both sides."