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Intersquat!: London Squatters Getting Organised
Tag: Housing
Protests press government to end sticking-plaster approach to rent crisis
Following the weekend’s panicked, last minute government U-turn on allowing a mass wave of evictions renters’ unions are pushing the go…
Interview: The Manchester Housing Officer
The following interview with a housing officer from Manchester by Let’s Get Rooted reveals the impact of the lockdown on both workers and wor…
Squatters are people: don’t evict them from safety
London, UK In the wake of the global Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic everyone needs protection especially because it is critical to saving lives.
Evictions held over, hotels for the homeless — Covid is upending housing
The legal situation has been changing so rapidly that even full-timers are struggling to keep up, but with the introduction of Practice Direction 5…
Review: Skint Estate
Women like me: Carraway’s memoir of poverty, motherhood and survival is “the most important book on the impacts of austerity I have eve…
No housemate is a problem
More and more people flock to affluent urban centres with highly competitive housing markets, which make finding accommodations a real struggle.
Review: Radical Housing Journal
The Radical Housing Journal is a timely new open-access journal delving into the varied effects of housing developments and offering a refreshing l…
Class War defeat Qatari Royals and protect protest rights
There’s something delicious about seeing very rich and powerful people take on a fight and then realise they’ve bitten off more than they can c…
Shard owners threat Ian Bone and Class War with High Court injunction
Ian Bone of Class War and ‘persons unknown’ are threatened by the owners of the Shard with a court injunction preventing them from pr…
London College of Communication in occupation again
Today the students from UAL London College of Communication re-occupied the LCC campus in Elephant and Castle.
Victory for anti- gentrification campaigners in Elephant and Castle
Plans to regenerate Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre and surrounding areas by development firm Delancey were halted by the council Planning Comm…
Students occupy the London College of Communication
A section of The London College of Communication was occupied in protest against the Elephant Shopping Centre and College campus gentrification …
Local Pressure Derails Developer Plans for Elephant and Castle
A Planning Committee meeting to sign off the redevelopment of Elephant and Castle shopping centre by developer company Delancey has been postponed …
Film Review: New Town Utopia
Directed by Christopher Ian Smith Release date: 2018 Running time: 80 minutes ‘New Town Utopia is a feature documentary film about utopian dreams…
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