Southern Housing Group

Housing Minister visits Market Estate

25 January 2008

This week Caroline Flint MP met with tenants and senior housing officers from Southern Housing Group when she visited Market Estate in Islington.

Her visit came two days before her official instatement as Minister for Housing.

She spent the morning learning about the regeneration of the estate and the neighbouring Caledonian Park and met tenants who had undergone the recent decanting to new units. She then toured the estate to see first-hand how seamless the ‘demolish, build and rehouse’ process had been, and how pleased the residents were with the end result.

David Kelly, a resident of the Market Estate in and Board Member of Southern Housing Group, was one of the first to be moved, he said:
"Southern Housing Group is now delivering the new homes for families on the Market Estate in Islington. The minister showed a real understanding of the challenges for people living on an inner city estate. I appreciate her taking the time to talk to the people of the estate and her support for the ongoing regeneration."

Pictured left:
David Kelly, and Caroline Flint MP outside Market Estate, Islington earlier this week. A Southern Housing Group regeneration success story.

Below: pictured left to right: Emily Thornberry MP, Cllr. Paul Smith, Stephen Ross, Cllr. Barry Edwards, Housing Minister - Caroline Flint MP, David Kelly, Angela Prickett and Cllr Hannah Chatterjee.

For copies of these photographs please contact Tracy De Sylva on 0207 553 6491. communications@shgroup.org.uk.

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