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Residents move into HS2 replacement homes Residents set to lose their homes to High Speed 2 (HS2) are now looking to the future after they moved into replacement flats on Regent’s Park Estate. We secured funding from HS2 Ltd to build replacement homes for every single council tenant and leaseholder in Regent’s Park Estate and Cobourg Street, whose former homes are set to be demolished to make way for the new railway. The new homes are built across nine sites on Regent’s Park Estate, meeting residents’ requests to be rehoused in the immediate area.
Amir and Yani Elsamani
136 families have moved into the new blocks, including Amir Elsamani, his wife Yani and their four children, who moved into their new flat in September. Amir said: “Community is very important in your life – you can’t live without people around you. When people asked to stay in the same area, it was also because they have connections to each other, they know each other.
Ravenglass, one of the replacement housing blocks in Regent’s Park Estate
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“Our neighbours are the same neighbours, most of the people we have seen in the new buildings we have seen before, so that is comforting to us.
“We are in a better place, a bigger place. We had a two-bedroom place with four children so it was too small. We are in a three-bed now so the children are much happier.” Meanwhile we continue to work with HS2 Ltd to mitigate the impact of the scheme on residents living near the construction. This includes making sure that HS2 Ltd upholds over 150 commitments made to the Council during the parliamentary process of the HS2 Act, including noise insulation, ventilation and opportunities for community funding.
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