Housing
Activists build opposition to social cleansing plans in Haringey
31 October 2017Housing campaigners took to the high court last week to challenge Labour-run Haringey council over its plan to demolish seven estates in the north London borough.
More flammable cladding and fewer firefighters—Tory Britain after Grenfell
31 October 2017“It’s like cladding your home in solid petrol,” fire expert and surveyor Arnold Tarling told the BBC last week.
Haringey council faces formal complaint over plans to push out tenants
24 October 2017Housing campaigners have lodged a formal complaint against Haringey council
Rochdale tower blocks under threat
24 October 2017A giant redevelopment project in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, threatens to wreck hundreds of lives
Housing is a ‘safe place’ for money, say rich property developers
24 October 2017Property developers, politicians and investors descended on Kensington Olympia in west London to carve up the housing market
Most Grenfell survivors still wait for new homes
24 October 2017Only ten out of 203 Grenfell Tower households have found permanent housing. Most are still waiting to be rehoused four months after the fire.
Haringey council sells off Love Lane estate
17 October 2017The Love Lane estate in Haringey, north London, is set to be sold off to property developers Lendlease.
Updated: marchers demand justice for Grenfell as Tories refuse to fund sprinklers
14 October 2017Up to 1,500 people marched through North Kensington in west London on Saturday night to demand justice for the people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire.
Grenfell residents will march for justice
13 October 2017Residents and activists will take to the streets for a silent march
Corbyn’s fight to end ‘social cleansing’ - and the Labour councils at war with him
10 October 2017Labour councils and Labour’s leadership seem to be on opposite sides of the fight for better housing.
Tory-led Kensington and Chelsea council in fresh bid to sideline Grenfell survivors
10 October 2017The Tory-led council that ignored safety warnings ahead of the Grenfell Tower fire is still trying to sideline residents’ voices.
Council’s wrecking plan is a snub to Corbyn
03 October 2017Also: Callous Grenfell estate bosses finally get the boot
Inquiry into Grenfell fire carves out residents as blocks fail safety tests
19 September 2017Opposition grows to Haringey demolition plans. Tenants delay Genesis housing association merger.
Housing campaigners support Grenfell march
12 September 2017Some 50 housing activists and tenants met in central London last Saturday to discuss the fight for safe affordable homes in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire
Reports round-up: Protest against ward closure in Mansfield
05 September 2017Also: One Housing tenants won't be divided | Burston strike school centenary | Argos strike ends | Pay dispute at HTC Wolffkran | Big Ben blacklisting protest | Flashmob against firings at Glasgow Grosvenor | Rally called in Liverpool
Angry Grenfell survivors have no homes and no answers two months after fire
15 August 2017Some 500 people demonstrated on Monday evening to remember the dead of the Grenfell Tower fire. Although the march was silent, the anger was palpable.
‘We’ve got no faith in Grenfell fire inquiry’
08 August 2017Tenants organise as landlords and Tories refuse to act on the lessons of the disaster
Nearly two months after the Grenfell fire - survivors displaced and buildings unsafe
01 August 2017The fire left hundreds of people without homes and saw dozens of buildings fail new safety checks—and two months later neither problem is being addressed, reports Alistair Farrow
Mears housing workers protest as part of strike against pay differential
28 July 2017Workers were on the move in central Manchester today, Friday, as strikers from Mears housing came to the town hall instead of mounting a picket.
No mental health support or housing for Grenfell survivors
25 July 2017The class divide brought into the light by the Grenfell Tower fire has been further exposed this week.
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