Archive for the ‘HHAG ACTIONS’ Category
Community Housing Inspectors expose anti-social practices by Haringey Letting Agents and serve Cease & Desist orders
Return of the Community Housing Inspectors – See short video below On Saturday 27th April 2013,as part of a London-wide day of action against Letting Agents, 20 Haringey Community Housing Inspectors went out to investigate the practices of local Letting Agents in Green Lanes, Haringey. Other actions took place in other parts of London including […]
April 27, 2013
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Haringey housing campaigners to stage inspection of local Letting Agents
We demand: Bring rents down – stop discrimination and fees – bring back security of tenure We believe: Everyone is entitled to a decent, secure, affordable, local home Join us for a return of the Community Housing Inspectors We will once again be taking to the streets of Haringey to inspect local Letting Agents as […]
April 22, 2013
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Haringey Haringey Housing Action Group join Haringey Solidarity Group & others demanding return to rent caps and to bring a stop to the benefit cap
Cap Rents NOT Benefits – Scrap the Benefit Cap Protest Monday 15th April, 8am-10am, Stratford Benefit Delivery Centre, Department for Work & Pensions https://www.facebook.com/events/555732437791477/?fref=ts Up to 25 people joined us to protest against the benefit cap on the first day of the pilot due to commence today in Haringey, Enfield, Bromley and Croydon, before being […]
April 16, 2013
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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: action, eviction, gatekeeping, haringey council, homelessness Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS, NEWS Comments Closed
Community Housing Inspectors demonstration – Video
October 16, 2012
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Housing activists stage inspection of local letting agents
Haringey Housing Action Group, Haringey Private Tenants Action Group and Haringey Solidariyt Group held an inspection of local letting agents to draw attention to high rents, short-term tenancies, discrimination against housing benefit claimants and high administration fees. On Saturday 6 October, a team of Community Housing Inspectors took a tour of local letting agents along […]
October 8, 2012
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Private Tenants challenge discrimination and profiteering by Haringey Letting Agents
Community Housing Inspection of Haringey Letting Agents Saturday 6 October, meet at 12noon outside Turnpike Lane tube station We at Haringey Housing Action Group are seeing more and more tenants, including those who are entitled to welfare benefits who cannot find anywhere to live in Haringey. This is due to discrimination against anyone on benefits […]
October 1, 2012
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Bring rents down! Lobby the Landlords Forum Thursday 20th Sept
Join us to demand landlords bring rents down and stop discrimination against those on benefits. At the Landlords Forum run by Haringey council Thursday 20th September, 5.30- 6.30pm Outside the Civic Centre, Wood Green, N22 Some landlords have agreed to reduce rent for tenants who have had their benefits cut following negotiations with the Council’s […]
September 18, 2012
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Stop Tenant Evictions – Reduce Private Sector Rents – Protest 3rd August 2012
Haringey Housing Action Group protested today prior to a meeting with the Housing Advice & Options Team to demand more support for private tenants faced with eviction following cuts to Housing Benefit/Local Housing Allowance. Here are some shots from the protest, report to follow. LEAFLET TEXT or download at HAG Apex Hse Protest 3rd Aug […]
August 2, 2012
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Haringey housing company accused of “profiting from poverty”
PRESS RELEASE 12th June 2012 Haringey residents today gathered outside the offices of Smart Housing Group on Tottenham Lane to protest against the company’s attempts to encourage London councils to move homeless residents out of the city, calling on passers-by to contact the company and demand that they withdraw their plans.
June 12, 2012
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