Hackney Council lets down the Hackney Housing Group!

For more information contact  londoncoalitionagainstpoverty@gmail.com
Yesterday the Hackney Housing Group, a group of people who are homeless, temporarily housed, overcrowded or experiencing bad or unsuitable housing were left waiting when Nargis Khan, Council Cabinet member for Community services failed to show up to a meeting she had arranged nearly two months before. The group was told [...]

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 [...]

In support of Abahlali and Kennedy Road residents after violent attacks

Campaigners from the London Coalition Against Poverty demonstrate outside the South African High Commission in London to support residents of the Kennedy Road settlement, who were attacked by an armed gang (working on behalf of the ANC and authorities) in the early hours of Sunday 27th September, leaving four dead and over 1,000 homeless and [...]

*GATEKEEPING ROADSHOW IS NOW TOURING LONDON*

Check the gatekeeping roadshow page (above) to find out when the roadshow is visiting your area to challenge the denial of our rights to housing by councils. Get involved – email londoncoalitionagainstpoverty@gmail.com or call 0207 247 6101  for exact times of roadshow dates.

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:

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