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Anti-eviction protest, let the squat stay – 30th August
Saturday, August 30 at 9:15am 238 Gray’s Inn Road, wc1x 8hb Former squatted student social centre is being evicted by Camden Council. The property has been empty for about 15 years but the council refuse to let anyone use it. The locals and activists use the space to organise and hang out. We believe that it […]
affordable homes \ Camden \ Court \ Empty Homes \ Housing \ Section 144 \ Squatting
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 […]
Author: Samir Jeraj \ Housing \ Hoxton \ New Era estate
New Era tenants fight back against evictions
by Samir Jeraj Tenants from the New Era estate in Hoxton met last week to start on their campaign to stay in their homes. All 89 households in the estate are facing eviction since rent hikes were announced by the new owners. The tenants and their supporters have launched a Residents’ Association, Facebook campaign page, and […]
Defend Council Housing \ Haringey \ Housing \ Meeting \ Radical Housing Network \ Unite \ West Hendon
Radical Housing Network (meeting) – 12th August
Several housing action groups in Haringey and West Hendon will be attending this meeting. If your interesting in the housing question and the #housingcrisis today, please do attend. **Join housing groups from across London to strategise the next stage in the resistance** Radical Housing Network – meeting Tuesday, 12 August, 7pm Venue: UNITE, 128 Theobalds Road, […]
Author: Janette Evans \ eviction \ homelessness \ Housing \ YMCA
Life and eviction at the YMCA
by Janette Ewans I was shocked today to see a post on my face book page about eviction resistance at the Y.M.C.A. in Crouch End – for two reasons – my own daughter has been living there for the past 2 months and also although I have been involved in activism specifically around housing and […]
Arnos Grove \ Author: Phil Tsappas \ Author: Simon Fisher \ Housing \ New Southgate \ Squatting \ Video
Video: Beneath the Housing Crisis
text by Phil Tsappas, video by Simon Fisher. On 18 July I visited Ladderswood Way estate in New Southgate – 5 minutes’ walk from Arnos Grove Underground, in North London. I went there because I had heard, after working a day at Garfield Children’s Centre that the estate was pretty much empty and some units […]
Child abuse \ Daniel Morgan \ Darcus Howe \ Empty Homes \ Housing \ Janine Griffis \ Mayor Hugh Rayner \ Paul Foot \ Press round-up
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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North London press weekend round-up
This week has seen local stories on strikes, corruption, insults, development and air pollution. Let’s take a look. In the Barnet Times there’s the shocking story of the Barnet Mayor who’s accused of receiving more than £28,000 from the housing fund without ever declaring an interest while making decisions on how that fund is […]
City Hall \ Housing \ Meeting \ Protest
Housing Committee at City Hall: July 10th
Thursday July 10th Meet at 1 pm (meeting starts at 2pm) City Hall (110 The Queen’s Walk, SE1 2AA) Time to tell those in power what we think about Boris’ housing strategy. Come and have your say and ask questions. If you want to go up with others meet outside Marsh Drive Community Centre (NW9 […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ Data \ Data Shine \ Housing \ Maps \ Resources
Mapping North London Housing
By Jim Jepps There’s a very interesting new website called Datashine that creates maps based on census data. I thought I’d check out some of the breakdowns for housing in North London (click images to enlarge). I heartily recommend having a play with the site yourselves, there’s all sorts of metrics you can investigate – religion, gender, […]
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