West Midlands Labour Homelessness Campaign

West Mids branch of Labour Homelessness Campaign, a group of grassroots Labour members and activists standing in solidarity with those experiencing homelessness

[West Midlands Labour Homelessness Campaign @west_campaign]

Please respond to this consultation. Whilst the proposals do not specifically target homelessness, they will affect those with substance abuse issues at a time when there is so little support. Drug treatment rooms and other harm reduction methods would be far more effective.

[Birmingham City Council @BhamCityCouncil]

Public consultation on city centre order is launched today: We are asking people who live, work in or visit #Birmingham to share their views on plans to introduce measures to tackle anti-social behaviour in the city centre area.
For full story, visit: https://t.co/FkB87ty4l0

[West Midlands Labour Homelessness Campaign @west_campaign]

It's an odd coincidence that Birmingham Live are focusing on begging at the same time as BCC are planning to implement a PSPO in the city centre.

[West Midlands Labour Homelessness Campaign @west_campaign]

It's incredibly disappointing to see this kind of stigmatization of those in vulnerable situations perpetuated in the media. Feel free to complete the survey, and complain to the news source if you wish.

[Birmingham Live @birmingham_live]

Should begging be banded in the city centre?

Have your say here 🔽
https://t.co/ZknBYZIYpJ

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

We're challenging 5 councils to stop sending children in care to live miles away from their local areas.

These kids are cut off from support networks and at risk of exploitation 🧵⬇️ (1)

[West Midlands Labour Homelessness Campaign @west_campaign]

Private landlord accommodation should be regulated and fit for purpose, but tighter regs may make landlords less likely to let to tenants in vulnerable situations. Building more social housing is the real answer to this problem. What's your view? Have your say in the link below.

[Birmingham City Council @BhamCityCouncil]

The council have launched a 10 week consultation about a selective licensing scheme for private sector landlords in 25 wards in the city. If you are a tenant, resident, landlord, letting agent or a business we want to hear from you. To have your say go to https://t.co/apnwxQcOxp

[West Midlands Labour Homelessness Campaign @west_campaign]

There's so much wrong with this article about Birmingham we don't know where to start. Whilst not all beggars are rough sleeping, this doesn't mean they are not people in vulnerable situations or insecure accomodation.

https://t.co/WeabTt0nrn

[Shelter Birmingham @ShelterBHM]

We're building people power in Birmingham to demand
fair housing for all!

Join our campaign so that together we can create a 'Peoples manifesto for Fair Housing' and lobby for change.

If you'd like to get involved or find out more, please get in touch - details below 👇🏾

[May Bulman @maybulman]

Excl: Homeless people evicted from hotels and denied housing despite govt claim Everyone In support is ongoing

Mohammed Bhuiyan, who has UK status but with NRPF, told me he felt suicidal after the council told him he must leave his emergency accommodation
https://t.co/hkHFjzb2jz

[ACORN the union @ACORNunion]

A council in London has evicted a family with 3 kids from temporary accommodation after they were unable to attend a viewing for a home more than 180 miles away in Stoke-on-Trent.

The housing system in this country is beyond inhumane. https://t.co/sYV9dLw5e3

[Solidarity Detainee Support (SDS) @sdetsup]

Do you have 10 minutes to stop a deportation? Between 3-4pm today, ring TUI and ask them to stop the charter flight to Vietnam at 5:30pm! Let's flood their phonelines: 020 34512688 #TUIDropDeportations #StopThePlane #Vietnam22

[West Midlands Labour Homelessness Campaign @west_campaign]

And it won't be a surprise if the West Midlands follows suit...

[Crisis @crisis_uk]

Rough sleeping rises in London despite commitment to house people during pandemic, figures show https://t.co/PZ9wr3GPpr

[Labour Homelessness Campaign @labhomeless_cam]

It's initiatives like this that give us hope. As a society, we need to look at long term strategies to address addiction and homelessness, not quick fixes.

Well done to @GSTTnhs and all members of staff supporting people experiencing homelessness in this country.

[Crisis @crisis_uk]

How can a government expect to end rough sleeping if they can't be sure of the numbers of people affected? Our blog on the ONS rough sleeping report, published yesterday https://t.co/6OWES9kSCm

[Homelessness Vaccination Campaign @HomelessVC]

📍Birmingham
📍Derby

"First and foremost this is about protecting these patients, who are vulnerable to infection and who we often fail to reach with crucial elements of the healthcare system. They will be safer and healthier as a result."

#VaccinateHomeless #VaccinesForAll

[Labour Homelessness Campaign @labhomeless_cam]

253,620 people were living in temporary accommodation in March 2020 and 50% of people in temporary accommodation. In the last 10 years children in TA has increased by 73% - @ProfLakhanpaul

[Labour Homelessness Campaign @labhomeless_cam]

A child becomes homeless in Britain every 8 minutes, that's 183 children per day. This is equivalent to two and a half double decker buses filled with children being made homeless every single day.

@ProfLakhanpaul

[Labour Homelessness Campaign @labhomeless_cam]

185 children have died as a result of the poor living conditions of temporary accommodation in the UK. @ProfLakhanpaul

[Labour Homelessness Campaign @labhomeless_cam]

The virus will not check your immigration status before it infects you.

The Hostile environment has cultivated mistrust amongst migrant communities in coming forward for the vaccine, hence why we saw huge numbers of people arrive for @ciacuk's vaccine bus.

[Crisis @crisis_uk]

Lots of people have asked us whether they should give money to someone who is rough sleeping. Here's our advice.👇

[West Midlands Labour Homelessness Campaign @west_campaign]

Thanks so much to Brummie poet Bemjamin Zephaniah for your support!

[Professor Benjamin Zephaniah @BZephaniah]

Petition: Revoke rules for refusing or cancelling permission to stay for rough sleepers.

https://t.co/JeKtGlo48B