6 April 2021 — Origin: Generation Rent
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26 November 2020 — Generation Rent
Yesterday the Chancellor had the chance to give renters struggling with rent debt some comfort over Christmas – but he failed.
Our research has shown there are now 1.9 million private renter households getting benefits. That’s a 36% rise since February!
7 October 2020 — Accumulate
The Book of Homelessness is the first ever graphic novel created by people affected by homelessness that tells the stories of their lives.
“This is a remarkable collection in any context. The fact that these beautiful, personal works are the expressions of our neighbours who are homeless makes it untenable to ignore them ever again.” – Colin Firth
19 June 2020 — London Renters Union
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 remain in huge danger.
15 May 2020 — London Renters Union
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.
12 May 2020 — London Renters Union
Today we’ve written to the government jointly with two other renter organisations, Living Rent in Scotland and ACORN, a community union that organises renters who live outside of London.
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 evictions crisis.
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.
22 February 2020 — Welfare Weekly
Disabled gran ‘virtually housebound’ after DWP slashed her vital benefits lifelineShe says the cruel decision has left her feeling “anxious” and “isolated” after she was also forced to return her mobility car.
2 August 2019 — WSWS
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.”
21 November 2018 — WSWS
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 Corporation documents over the summer, has been blamed on red tape.
27 November 2014 — 38 Degrees
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.
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6 May 2014 — Counterpunch
Life on the streets and in squats in London, and the relentless nightmare of petty officialdom.
“I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land.” – William Blake
London.
“Koorbah!”
7 March 2014 — RT
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
4 March 2014 — OurKingdom
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.
13 February 2014 — Socialist Appeal
The complete irrationality of the capitalist ‘freemarket’ knows both tragedy and farce. On 17th January a group of young women, most if not all of whom are mothers, protested at the Labour-controlled Newham council to demand decent housing. At present they live with their children in ‘temporary’ accommodation, a run down hostel called Focus E15, where some of the woman have lived for several years, and can either tolerate the mould, rubbish and their fellow ‘lodgers’ – that is the rats and mice – or demand change.
The New Dark Age 