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It’s Our Tottenham, not Their Tottenham

Protest outside the £300-a-head ‘regeneration and redevelopment’ event at our Town Hall Thursday 26th March, 1pm – 2pm Tottenham Town Hall, Town Hall Approach Rd, London N15 4RY Protest called by the Our Tottenham Coordination Group, Haringey Housing Action Group, Taxpayers Against Poverty, and Haringey Solidarity Group. All supporters are welcome to bring relevant placards […]

March 25, 2015  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: LOCAL CAMPAIGNS  Comments Closed

How one Haringey council officer could prevent a family being evicted

Today we have been give the runaround by Haringey Council. All we wanted was for a housing benefit officer to speak to a homelessness officer. Background: One of our members had been evicted from a privately rented property.  She applied as homeless to the council, but the council eventually denied that they had a duty […]

March 9, 2015  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS  Comments Closed

Homelessness and the Localism Act – know your rights!

Today, members of Haringey Housing Action Group distributed leaflets outside Apex House (South Tottenham Customer Service Centre), to make people aware about some changes that councils are making to the way they house homeless households. This was just one of many actions happening across London as part of the Radical Housing Network’s week of action. […]

February 16, 2015  Tags: , ,   Posted in: INFORMATION  Comments Closed

Haringey Council plans to move thousands out of the borough

Join the mass Lobby of Haringey Council,5.30pm, Tuesday 10th February, outside Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, N22 8LE As part of its plans to make £70m cuts, the council wants to pass a policy to move up to 3,000 households in temporary accommodation out of the borough, and ultimately out of London. In particular, […]

February 9, 2015  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: LOCAL CAMPAIGNS, NEWS  Comments Closed

Victory for Haringey council tenants – and a grim warning

Haringey Council’s Cabinet last night (14 October) agreed that future Haringey Council tenants will continue to be offered permanent (lifetime) tenancies.Last year, members of Haringey Housing Action Group joined up with Haringey Defend Council Housing, to oppose the introduction of five-year, “flexible”, tenancies for new council tenants.  The council’s own consultation questionnaire was overly long […]

October 15, 2014  Tags: , ,   Posted in: LOCAL CAMPAIGNS, NEWS  Comments Closed

Shian HA ignore tenants’ boiler complaints, before calling the cops…

Once again, members of Haringey Housing Action Group found ourselves at the Hackney offices of Shian Housing Association, along with supporters from Fuel Poverty Action. We were supporting one of our members, and her neighbours.  They are all tenants of Shian HA and have been living in new-build properties in Tottenham for over three years.  […]

September 16, 2014  Tags: ,   Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS, LOCAL CAMPAIGNS  Comments Closed

The number of council homes that Haringey Council has built since 2010 – in 129 words

We found this question and answer in the agenda papers for the council meeting on 21 July 2014: WRITTEN QUESTION 4 – TO THE CABINET MEMBER FOR HOUSING AND REGENERATION [Cllr Alan Strickland] FROM COUNCILLOR CONNOR: How many Council homes has the Council built since 2010? ANSWER In November 2013, the Cabinet approved a Housing […]

August 11, 2014  Tags: , ,   Posted in: INFORMATION  Comments Closed

7 Ways the Localism Act is Shafting the Homeless and Precariously-Housed

by Izzy Koksal The Focus E15 mums’ vibrant and unstoppable campaign has been important in highlighting what the largely unheard-of Localism Act means for homeless people and other precariously-housed people. While forced evictions reach an all time high as a result of housing benefit cuts, soaring rents and omnipotent landlords, the new powers given to local […]

August 1, 2014  Tags: , ,   Posted in: INFORMATION  Comments Closed

London Renters occupy DCLG

Well done to housing campaigners from London Renters who today occupied the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in protest at evictions and insecurity of tenure. The campaigners bedded down in sleeping bags in the department’s lobby to highlight how being evicted by a private landlord has become the leading cause of homelessness. The […]

April 10, 2014  Tags:   Posted in: NEWS  Comments Closed

1000 Mothers March for Justice, 29th March

This Saturday, Haringey Housing Action Group will be joining the 1000 Mothers March for Justice.  Come along and speak out against the attacks on welfare. We’ll be marching with families, carers & supporters 11am Saturday 29th March 2014 Assemble at Bruce Castle Park, Lordship Lane N17 8NU Move off 11.30 – march down Tottenham High […]

March 24, 2014  Tags: , ,   Posted in: LOCAL CAMPAIGNS  Comments Closed