Segregated play spaces are to be banned in all future London housing developments, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has revealed this week.
The policy, part of the London Plan for developers and local authorities across the city, follows outrage across the political spectrum at the case of the Lilian Baylis estate in Kennington. [...] families living in the social housing side of the estate were not allowed to use the play area or any communal spaces on the development.
— The Guardian
"It is disgraceful that children who live in the same development would ever be prevented from playing together," London Mayor Sadiq Khan told The Guardian.
The case of the segregated play areas at this London housing development (and several others) — only children from Lilian Baylis estate's 'affordable' units were denied access to seemingly communal amenities and spaces — brings back memories of 'poor doors.'
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rroyal docks development has a club house with pool that cannot be accessed by notting hill genesis residents. Reports say its been overturned but this is untrue. Imagine kids not being able to use a pool in this weather and watching the private tennants going in
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