The Clays Lane Estate was a housing estate in Stratford, East London, and the UK’s largest (and Europe's second largest) purpose built housing cooperative. It was an experiment in building close-knit communities as a way of helping vulnerable single people. It became the subject of significant controversy when it was demolished to make way for the site of the London 2012 Olympic games.
Read more about Clays Lane Estate: The Co-operative, Similar Projects in The Area, Transfer To The Peabody Trust, Redevelopment and Compulsory Purchase
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