Pitcairn House

Residents of Pitcairn House holding Hackney Council to account.

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

We have sent a letter to @hackneycouncil declaring our intention to withhold 50% of service charges from 1 May due to neglect and a sheer lack of services. Enough is enough. Press enquires - DM us! #HousingCrisis

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

@hackneygreens @hackneyLRU @hackneygazette @hackneycitizen @hackneycouncil

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

Congrats @ZoeGarbett on becoming Mayor! Today we have no hot water and heating. This happens all too often and it’s unacceptable. We are anticipating massive change on the housing front, and we will be holding you accountable #Hackney

[North Tower Fellows Court @FellowscourtE2]

Well done @ZoeGarbett hopefully we will have change.
Looking forward to meeting you to discuss the issues that our block have gone though

[SHAC @SHAC_Action]

SHAC Article: Social Housing in the UK: A Brutal War of Attrition

https://t.co/eKS5KFrsi8

As Hassan says: "Britain’s social housing accountability framework is, on paper, a layered structure of rights and remedies. In practice, it is a gauntlet specifically calibrated to wear tenants down ... The accountability gap isn’t a malfunction. It’s a design feature."

That's why we're working towards a national, democratic Housing Union for All Tenants and Residents to rebalance the landlord-tenant power relationship. Find out more at https://t.co/MHlzRRxnGB.

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

@hackneycouncil So we will continue to push for this investment, whatever government is in power. We should be living in more than decent homes, we should feel proud of where we live, and we shouldn’t have to feel grateful for it

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

A quick update on our campaign. @mayorofhackney and the Chief Executive of @hackneycouncil came to visit us at Pitcairn House two weeks ago. Residents felt it was a productive meeting but we want to see immediate progress on improving our living conditions…

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

We have invited the Acting Director of Tenancy & Home Ownership Services to come and see what can be improved in the immediate, and how residents can take more control of our building. We need massive investment in our building, there is no getting around this @hackneycouncil

[London Renters Union @LDNRentersUnion]

📣 Only two weeks until we take action! 💥

✊ The housing movement is uniting for the largest action in years. 70+ unions & grassroots campaigns. 1000s of renters. One simple message. Let's make housing affordable again.

Get involved 🧵👇

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

Scandalous

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

This is awful - a nightmare for any leaseholder - why is this government so useless? Does it actually care? @Keir_Starmer

https://t.co/66bmzANlTV

[Daily Echo @dailyecho]

Leaseholders living through 'awful, awful story' amid emergency building repairs https://t.co/AIlmzNA4ZG

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

Hmmm… this is what we need for #London! A mayor that actually listens and does something about the #HousingCrisis we are suffering. Our landlord @hackneycouncil must be held accountable. How about it @MayorofLondon ???

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Bad landlords giving you a hard time? Dubious fees leaving your wallet light? Ceilings leaking and your landlord's phone is off the hook?

We'll be hosting Rental Ripoff hearings in our first 100 days in office, details to come at: https://t.co/uQ1AwBRoUI

See you there!

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

@hackneycouncil The other thing is, why did it take so long to send an engineer out? Why don’t they want to pay for it, making excuses like this isn’t an emergency when people are cooking and maybe even hosting on Christmas Day

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

So the heating and hot water finally came back on, after Christmas Day is almost over, at around 5.30pm. What a disgrace, what a joke @hackneycouncil is! We want an official apology for ruining our Christmas #Hackney #HousingCrisis @HousingOmbuds

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

As one resident pointed out, the building clearly isn’t meant to cope with so many people being at home at once with the heating on - but that is ridiculous - it has to be able to cater to times when everyone is home, and @hackneycouncil has to ensure that it can

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

@hackneycouncil @StreetLink_ Yes, we always worry about the people sleeping in our storage cupboards over winter. We also worry about the complete callousness and attention to this situation by @hackneycouncil

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

@DHSCgovuk @Kwajotweneboa @ActionShac @Radical_Housing @RSHEngland @HousingMagazine @mhclg @insidehousing

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

And when one at least one of the residents tried to call about the lack of hot water and heating this morning, the person over the phone said because the temperature outside has to be 2 degrees and it’s 3 degrees it’s not classed as an emergency! @hackneycouncil 🤯

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

@DHSCgovuk @Kwajotweneboa

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

@hackneygazette @hackneycitizen @MayorofLondon @mayorofhackney

[Pitcairn House @PitcairnHouse]

Why are we not surprised that on one of the coldest days of the year @hackneycouncil leaves us with no heating and hot water - on #Christmas Day!!! This is negligent, utterly unacceptable and we are absolutely fed up #HousingCrisis