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Stop selling council homes court protest – 26th and 27th August
*Show your solidarity! Join us outside the court at 9.30am, bring placards and banners. We’ll then head in for the court case at 10am – Highbury Corner Magistrates Court.* Two protestors who occupied a residential building owned by Camden council in protest of its sell-off, and the wider sell-off of council housing across London, will […]
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The Weekend Press Round-Up
The BBC reports that London boroughs have the power to penalise home owners who leave properties empty, yet they aren’t using them. “Councils are empowered to use the Empty Homes Premium to charge home owners 50% extra council tax if they leave properties empty for two or more years. “Yet Freedom of Information requests to […]
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