LCAP Statement on Christelle Pardo’s Death

On June 13th 2009, Christelle Pardo and her son, Kayjah, tragically died falling from the sixth floor of one of Hackney’s temporary accommodation hostels. The reason? All of Christelle Pardo’s benefits were cut off by the Department for Work and Pensions; after her application for Income Support was rejected she did not receive any of [...]

Hostel Residents’ Demands

Hackney Hostel Residents’ Group has developed demands at its meetings and through working groups, which have been presented to Diane Abbott MP. She is contacting the Mayor, Jules Pipe, and the head of housing in Hackney for a joint meeting.
Our problems, as Temporary Accommodation Residents of Hackney Council, are too big for MPs to avoid [...]

Hackney’s Hostel Residents Speak Out!

On the 21 of May a delegation of hostel residents demanded that Hackney homeless persons office hear their complaints about the unreasonable delay in processing applications that leaves people stuck living in bad conditions.
In the film shown below three residents explain what they want to see change:

“
Hackney hostel and temporary accommodation residents are meeting every [...]

Hackney’s Hostel residents take action for housing

On the 17 April 2009 some temporary accommodation residents and supporters went to Hackney Council to explain what the word temporary means, as the Council doesn’t seem to understand. Residents explained that temporary means “for a short time’ and not the lengthy periods of months or even years residents have to endure living in crumbling, [...]

Demonstrate Against Hackney’s Evictions!

When:
2pm Saturday 9 May
Where:
Rally outside 67A Stoke Newington rd N16 – the Hackney temporary accommodation office
Everyone needs a home – but Ahmed Dalvi (Manager of Hackney temporary accommodation services) thinks he can ask the police to carry out illegal evictions, throwing people and their children out of hostels with nowhere to go. In Hackney’s [...]