If you're interested in helping create a National Tenants Federation & bring together campaigns, individuals, tenants unions round a central shared platform, get in touch. People with widely different views gathered in Westminster a couple of weeks ago to talk about it. Join in!
In what is viewed as one of the most shocking UK hate crimes involving a Sikh in recent times, on 9th Sept a young woman was told "you don't belong in this country" before being violently sexually assaulted by two white men in broad daylight in Oldbury (Midlands, UK).
Police...
Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in cold blood in their own home in June. The assassination was politically motivated by a right wing MAGA. There was no acknowledgment or lowering of flags by Trump.
Government just announced it will respond to the final Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations tomorrow. Key points from the report below https://t.co/WB1S1olveg
A 'Dickensian struggle' yes that sums it up. That is what is happening in the country now. We are getting poorer & poorer everyday. Hopelessness is everywhere - its becoming unbearable
Councils spend £1.6bn a year on 'temporary accommodation' for homeless families - which includes some of the worst housing conditions in the country.
But who is getting the money? A joint investigation between me, @Victoria_Spratt and @StephenD_ tried to provide an answer...
💥All housing, community, worker's campaigns welcome. BRING YOUR BANNERS!! 💥
💥Saturday 1st MARCH join us for our BIG Housing Emergency March >>Assemble 1pm at Peckham Sq SE15 5RS 💥
💥 We'll make some noise all the way to to Borough Triangle, SE1 💥
―❝Lovely lino prints from our kids space today - making posters for the Southwark housing emergency protest next Saturday organised by Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency (SHAPE) coalition❞ @HousingActionSL https://t.co/UzD6CPnGE8
Empty council houses in Slough went an average of 260 days before being re-let due to a ‘botched IT switchover’ the Observer can reveal – as waiting times hit six years...
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https://t.co/50tDj69kMK
'This has been the harshest winter for far too many older people'
Paul Farmer from Age UK spoke to #BBCBreakfast ahead of handing in a petition to the Government signed by 650-thousand people calling for it to reverse its change to the Winter Fuel Payment
https://t.co/kCOcPkiDyV
Poverty kills.
UK cancer death rates 60% higher for people living in deprived areas compared with those in affluent areas.
28,400 extra deaths due to deprivation.
Poor healthcare, late diagnosis, 'must work pressure' punishes the poor.
It is class war
https://t.co/GiIriU48aG
151,630 homeless kids! Since our last protest in April, we've had to update our banner as homelessness continues to soar. We need to council housing revolution NOW so that we no longer need this banner at all!
Over 100 of us occupied @LewishamCouncil housing office this morning demanding 'No More House of Horrors'. We were there with two families who have been trapped in hostels for a total of 4 years. These families need local social housing now!
🧛♂️ Just in time for Halloween - vampiric Shell announce $6 BILLION in profits 😡
🩸 They're bleeding us dry, polluting our air, and raking in £bns
📈 Our bills are up 65% since 2020 while they make a killing
❌ Time to STOP lining shareholder pockets and bring down bills.
@LucieGutfreund@mhclg@energygovuk If you haven't done already, could you please sign our petition for the regulation of heat networks. https://t.co/sNLa7P267F
Refurbish Don’t Demolish has lift off! Great to be here with people from so many campaigns to save council/social housing estates across London and beyond. Kicking off with Jerry Flynn talking about the Heygate & Aylesbury @WhyDemolish@savecentralhill@35percent_EAN
Our last Labour MP in opposition promised Labour would address the Waspi Compensation and held a huge public meeting. Labour in Govt’s first budget have not mentioned it.
A thought experiment: what would happen to the US housing crisis if income inequality was returned to 1970 levels?
Answer: the crisis would disappear.
Here are some sample numbers.
https://t.co/qHZu1pupJu