✨Eid Mubarak to all celebrating Eid al-Fitr! ✨ Diversity is the heart and soul of Newham! ❤️🌙 Here at @NewhamLondon we’re proud that we support the vibrant faith events that make our borough so special. From the magical atmosphere of Chaand Raat on Green Street last night to our communities gathering for Eid prayers in our parks, these celebrations show that our diversity is our greatest strength. 🌍✨ As a borough, we don’t just observe these moments: we embrace them as a time for reflection, unity, and coming together as one community to share in the joy of our friends and neighbours. Check out plans for Eid al-Fitr prayers and Eid on Green Street this year: 🔗 newham.gov.uk/news/article/1… #EidAlFitr #GreenStreet #CommunityUnity #ChaandRaat #DiversityIsStrength

In memory of Neil: it was a privilege on Friday to mark the formal completion of this new @NewhamLondon housing scheme we completed in Plaistow South ward - and name it after our late colleague and dear friend, Cllr Neil Wilson, who would have marked his birthday on this past Monday. It was also special to have as our guest Colin Wilson, Neil’s brother to be their with us on behalf of the family. 🕊️🤍 Neil was a champion for his community, and there is no better way to honour his legacy than by providing high-quality, permanent homes for Newham families. Championing our communities is the reason we remain laser-focused on our goal to deliver genuinely affordable homes our people can afford across the borough. As part of our ‘Affordable Homes for Newham’ housing delivery programme - the New City Road passivehaus development is a testament to our commitment to social justice, delivering 28 new homes at 100% social rent, and includes three truly wonderful adapted homes for people with disabilities. We Are Newham. 🫶🏽

🏆 Newham is Sweeping the National Stage! We are creating better homes and better neighbourhoods. Not just building more but building well.👌🏽 Thrilled that Newham has secured a massive seven shortlistings across two 2️⃣ of the most prestigious architectural and placemaking awards in the UK. 🙌🏽 Huge congratulations to the @newhamlondon Inclusive Economy & @PopuloLiving teams!👏🏽 🏠 RIBA Awards 2026 Two of our Affordable Homes for Newham schemes have been shortlisted for the @RIBA Awards! ✅ Noele Gordon House ✅ Plashet Road Winners announced May 2026  🍍 The Pineapple Awards 2026 Newham is also celebrating 🙌🏽 with 5 projects shortlisted for the Pineapple Awards, recognising places that make a real difference to our communities & neighbourhoods. Our Finalists: ✅ Carpenters Estate (Activation) – Putting residents first with community hubs and co-designed spaces. ✅ Lower Lea Crossing (Infrastructure) – Transforming travel with safer, greener walking and cycling routes. ✅ Canning Town & Cody Road (Future Place) – A strategic vision for jobs, growth, and sustainable neighborhoods. ✅ Queen’s Market & Queen’s Square (Public Space) – Investing £6.6m to revitalize our much-loved local destinations. ✅ Modular Home Demonstration (Building) – Leading the way in high-quality, energy-efficient housing innovation. The next stage of judging takes place during the Festival of Pineapples (24–26 February), with winners announced on 22 April 2026. This recognition reflects our long-term commitment to building homes our people can afford and a lasting legacy of opportunity, with thriving neighbourhoods for all our residents. 🏗️✨ #Newham #Architecture #Regeneration #PineappleAwards2026 #RIBA #AffordableHousing #CommunityWealthBuilding #BuildingAFairerNewham We Are Newham👌🏽✨

🏠 Great to be with Andrea Ruckstuhl, CEO of @lendlease Europe yesterday speaking with students at @ucl East about our respective plans to tackle the national housing crisis. We are building homes people can afford, and pursuing collaborations as we support the UK Government’s target to build 1.5m homes. ✅ Young people making it clear that affordable homes is a basic right. ✅ Building quality, genuinely affordable homes fit for the future and well designed, is a national mission - and my mission as we build homes our people can afford. Every day in London Council’s spend circa £5m each day on temporary accommodation as more people face homelessness. That’s why we must tackle the housing crisis by boosting supply. In @newhamlondon we’re making progress in delivering homes our residents can afford - and are amongst the top performing Council’s building social rent homes through our housing delivery company @populoliving 🙌🏽 We Are Newham ✨👌🏽

It’s a bumper pack of important reports this morning at our @NewhamLondon meeting of Cabinet which is where, along with cabinet members, we make collective formal decisions. Today’s includes ✅ Quarterly update to Cabinet on our Housing Service Improvement Plan by cabinet member @blossomyoung following the October 2024 C4 grading: it’s progressing and we’ve committed to a Voluntary Undertaking with the @RSHEngland ✅ Housing Revenue Account Business Plan update: investing £325m in our council stock over the next 5-years including £110m increase in funding for 2026/27 & 2027/2; & £70m allocated for 5 years for Building Safety 👍🏽 ✅ Populo Living Business Plan 2026/27 as our award-winning housing delivery company @PopuloLiving continues to provide expert development management to the Council as we deliver homes our people can afford 👍🏽

We won! 🙌🏽 @PopuloLiving @NewhamLondon 🏆 For Best Supported Housing Development Scheme @insidehousing 2025 👏🏽 Noele Gordon House, East Ham. We Are Newham 👌🏽✨

🥳 A great afternoon of being with @NewhamLondon community today! Second up: unleashing the inner Bollywood star in you! Part of Newham’s South Asian Heritage Month 2025: ✨Bollywood Dance on the Deck🪩 A collaboration with @PopuloLiving Carpenters Summer Festival & @Sadlers_Wells to put on an energetic afternoon of Bollywood dance 💃🏽 Held at the Dialogue Hub Express Cafe which we are supporting as part of our inclusive growth plans to show that Opportunity Newham is here and now. ✅ ➡️ The Dialogue Hub creates inclusive work spaces: it’s a British Sign Language cafe where customers interact with deaf and hard of hearing baristas👏🏽 See what else is on the last day of Newham South Asian Heritage Month 2025: Sunday 17th August! ℹ️ newhamsouthasianheritage.org

So proud of the Dialogue Express Café on the Carpenters Estate - it truly embodies our extensive programme of Inclusive Regeneration. Creating real opportunities for our communities and providing a lovely space for people to come together and connect.🚂☕ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyz…

Great news from Deputy Prime Minister @AngelaRayner & @mhclg 👏🏽 ➡️ Here at @NewhamLondon & with our council owned housing company @PopuloLiving, we’ve been building 1000’s of homes our people can afford. ➡️ We’re ready to build 1000’s more with planning permission confirmed ✅