Private tenants

See sub sections for documents and Rights for private tenants

Recent action to support private tenants:

  1. Protest at Apex House to demand the council provide support to private tenants, including ensuring nobody is evicted due to inability to pay (Friday 3rd Aug)
  2. Meeting with housing officers (Friday 3rdAug)
  3. Lobby of Haringey Council run Landlords Forum (Thursday 20th Sept)
  4. Regular meetings of solidarity & supporting each other to take action to solve our housing problems (meetings every fortnight)
  5. Ensuring tenants know their rights (leafletting, increased information on website, meetings etc)
  6. London-wide networking, encouraging groups to set up elsewhere, plus putting resources on website for others to use, Housing for the 99% etc.
  7. Community Housing Inspectors protest at Letting Agents along Green Lanes. Demanded that letting agents accept people on housing benefit, reduce rent, and end fees for tenants, and increase length of tenancies. Up to 700 leafelts given out and around 20 people actively involved. (Saturday 6th Oct)
  8. Drivers & Norris demonstration to support tenants to demand their money back when they were not provided their money back put down to secure a home – which was no longer offered to them. 700 leaflets given out to passersby and up to 20 people attending. (Saturday 14th July)

    Contact: haringeyprivatetenants@gmail.com