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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  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  Comments Closed

Joint demands agreed by the Housing Action Group & Private Tenants Action Group

OUR DEMANDS: AFFORDABLE, DECENT, SECURE HOUSING FOR ALL Rents brought down to affordable levels Landlords should be not be making a profit or gaining an extra home out ofsomeone’s basic need for housing No evictions due to inability to pay e.g. due to cuts to benefits, unaffordable housing, loss of job All housing to be [...]

September 27, 2012  Tags: ,   Posted in: INFORMATION, NEWS, PRIVATE TENANTS  Comments Closed

Our Response to London Assembly Review of Private Rented Sector

Haringey Housing Action Group response to London Assembly’s Housing and Regeneration Committee review of London’s Private Rented Sector – Session 2: Affordability and Tenure Haringey Housing Action Group Haringey Housing Action Group has been supporting local residents with housing problems for about three years.  Our aim is to support people in a way that they [...]

September 3, 2012  Tags: , ,   Posted in: INFORMATION, PRIVATE TENANTS  Comments Closed