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London: Join our fight for a Mayor for renters
We need a London Mayor that will tackle the renting crisis and ensure renters have access to safe, secure and genuinely affordable homes. Will you join us in our call for a London Mayor for Renters? Ask the candidates if they will adopt Generation Rent’s policies to fix London’s housing crisis here. Continue reading
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UK: Renters are bearing the cost of the pandemic
Yesterday the Chancellor had the chance to give renters struggling with rent debt some comfort over Christmas – but he failed. Continue reading
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UK: Launching The Book of Homelessness
The Book of Homelessness is the first ever graphic novel created by people affected by homelessness that tells the stories of their lives. Continue reading
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June 27 – #CantPayWontPay Day of Action
The government has announced a 2 month extension of the eviction ban – the first victory of the Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign. Research by the Resolution Foundation showed that hundreds of thousands of renters across London are in debt to their landlord. Unless the government cancels rent debt and makes the eviction ban permanent, renters will… Continue reading
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UK: Coronavirus rent crisis
Two months ago, we demanded a suspension of rents, a total ban on evictions throughout the pandemic and its aftermath, and that all those in need of shelter should be housed. Continue reading
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A chaotic rent debt and evictions crisis: Write your MP!
Renters are being forced to choose between paying rent or buying food and other essentials. Many renters are already in debt. Fear of eviction and rent debt is forcing people to go out and work rather than staying home. The government is putting renters in danger and we’re heading for a chaotic rent debt and… Continue reading
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Coronavirus: New York Won’t Close Schools Because Homeless Kids Have Nowhere Else to Go
9 March 2020 — Mint Press For many thousands of students across New York City and the United States, school is the only place they receive regular meals, shelter, medical care, and other vital services. By Alan Macleod @AlanRMacLeod Continue reading
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UK Welfare Weekly 22 February 2020
22 February 2020 — Welfare Weekly Disabled gran ‘virtually housebound’ after DWP slashed her vital benefits lifeline She says the cruel decision has left her feeling “anxious” and “isolated” after she was also forced to return her mobility car. Continue reading
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UK: Over 1,300 homeless people penalised last year under the 1824 Vagrancy Act By Joe Mount
Thousands of people are being prosecuted every year in the UK under the draconian Georgian-era Vagrancy Act 1824. This outlaws begging and rough sleeping “in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, not having any visible means of subsistence.” Continue reading
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City of London Corporation reneges on its social housing pledge By Charles Hixson
21 November 2018 — WSWS The City of London Corporation announced in 2015 that they would build 3,700 new council homes by 2025. So far just 62 have been built! The London Evening Standard reported that only 900 structures, less than a fourth of the goal, would be completed by 2025. This projection, quietly released in Continue reading
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UK: Stop Revenge Evictions
Damp, dodgy wiring, or a broken boiler. Imagine asking your landlord to fix a problem that isn’t your fault. But instead of fixing it, they hand you an eviction notice instead. Last year 200,000 people were forced out of their homes in this way. [1] It’s called revenge eviction. And right now, it’s completely legal. Continue reading
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England’s mean unpleasant land By Michael Dickinson
Michael Dickinson was found guilty of ‘insulting the dignity’ of the Turkish Prime Minister with one of his collage caricatures. Imprisoned and deported from Istanbul, where he had lived since 1986 working as a teacher, the 64 year old artist, actor and writer arrived back in England homeless and broke, and is currently sleeping rough… Continue reading
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Starved & evicted: Britain’s poor now treated worse than animals By Tony Gosling
If someone had told me a decade ago that the British government would deliberately starve my fellow countrymen in an attempt to bully them into slave labor jobs that wouldn’t even pay the bills, I would have laughed in their face. Continue reading
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The modern return of Vagrancy Law By Joe Hermer
The crime of ‘being suspicious’ seems to be making a return as the state seems ever more keen to police the poor and vulnerable. The recent case of ‘stolen food’ from Iceland is a perfect example. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 