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NO GENTRIFICATION FOR TOTTENHAM! – The threat to people on low incomes and ethnic minorities from Haringey Council’s ‘Plan For Tottenham’

INTRODUCTION On 31st July 2012, Haringey Council announced a regeneration plan, the Plan for Tottenham, which it claims will create thousands of new homes and jobs in the wake of the riots of August 2011 (1). The small print of this plan reveals that it is actually a plan which will push up house prices […]

April 3, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: INFORMATION, LOCAL CAMPAIGNS  Comments Closed

Haringey residents call for a fightback against Government housing policies threatening the homes of thousands of local residents

– public meeting calls for affordable, secure, local, decent housing for all – local campaigning launched against the bedroom tax, benefits cap and other unjust measures – ‘social cleansing’ condemned as local residents refuse to be forced out of their own borough by high rents and benefit cuts On Saturday 16th March nearly 60 residents […]

March 17, 2013  Tags: ,   Posted in: INFORMATION, LOCAL CAMPAIGNS  Comments Closed

Scrap the Benefit Cap Campaign

Haringey, Enfield, Bromley and Croydon have been chosen by the government to be used as a testing ground for their Overall Benefit Cap. People living with three or more dependent children will be most likely to be affected, facing cuts in housing benefit of up to £400 a week. But it will affect many others […]

March 13, 2013  Tags: ,   Posted in: INFORMATION, LOCAL CAMPAIGNS  Comments Closed

Sat 16th March: Decent Homes For All Event – Action and Information for Haringey tenants

In opposition to Government cuts to housing rights and benefits WE DEMAND SECURE, AFFORDABLE, LOCAL DECENT HOMES FOR ALL Public event for Haringey residents WOOD GREEN LIBRARY Wood Green High Road, N22 Saturday March 16th 2pm – 4.30pm Download Poster Here Download Leaflet Here Information stalls * Know-your-rights sessions * Discussions about what can be […]

February 23, 2013  Tags: ,   Posted in: LOCAL CAMPAIGNS, NEWS  Comments Closed

Protest at Haringey Landlords Forum – Tues 19 Feb, 5pm

Bring rents down! No evictions! Join Haringey Solidarity Group and Haringey Housing Action Group at the Haringey Landlords Forum Tuesday 19 February, 5pm at Wood Green Civic Centre High Road, Wood Green, N22 (5 mins walk up the hill from Wood Green tube) Come and join us at the Haringey Landlords Forum, where up to […]

February 17, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: LOCAL CAMPAIGNS  Comments Closed

HELP US SAVE OUR HOMES – Connaught House residents seek support Tues 12th Feb

SAVE OUR HOMES (Call out from residents of Connaught House)  21 FAMILIES WHO LIVE AT CONNAUGHT HOUSE, MUSWELL HILL ARE BEING MADE HOMELESS Please do all you can to come and show your support at a meeting on: TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 7pm, The British Legion, Muswell Hill Road, N10 3NG The Metropolitan Police are planning […]

February 5, 2013  Tags: ,   Posted in: LOCAL CAMPAIGNS, NEWS  Comments Closed

Our Tottenham – Planning and Regeneration for the community (Organising meeting)

Our Tottenham Planning & Regeneration for the Community See website for more details: www.ourtottenham.wordpress.com Conference Proposed to be held in Feb or March 2013 Supporting groups confirmed so far: Weir Hall Action Group / Bull Lane Playing Fields Campaign, Wards Corner Community Coalition, Find Your Voice, Welbourne Community Centre, Haringey Defend Council Housing, Haringey Housing […]

January 5, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: INFORMATION, LOCAL CAMPAIGNS  Comments Closed

Renters protest high rents and poor standards at City Hall Meeting

Tuesday 18 December –    Housing groups across London came together today to demand that members of the GLA Housing Committee at City Hall meeting hear loud and clear the views of private tenants as they form their recommendations for the private rented sector. 15-20 members of London private tenants groups Brent Private Tenants’ Rights Group, […]

December 18, 2012  Tags: , ,   Posted in: NEWS  Comments Closed

Haringey Council, Universal Credit & Unaffordable rents – Update

No family in Haringey should be forced out of their community, if they do not wish to move, due to benefit cuts and an inability to pay rent due to unaffordable rent levels. We demand that landlords reduce rents to affordable levels and the council supports any family wishing to remain in their home by […]

November 11, 2012  Tags: ,   Posted in: INFORMATION  Comments Closed

Haringey housing action success

On Tuesday 16 October, members of Haringey Housing Action Group successfully supported a family facing eviction. Ms T, a member of the group and mother of three, is pregnant and about to be evicted from a private tenancy later in the month, just three days before her baby is due to be born. Ms T […]

October 21, 2012  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS, NEWS  Comments Closed