Archive for the ‘HHAG ACTIONS’ Category
Gatekeeping at Haringey Council
We recently supported one of our members, M, who faced gatekeeping from Haringey Council when she attempted to apply as homeless. This was not a one-off incident. Our previous experiences show that the council consistently fails to do its duty, and the comments made to M by a housing officer confirm this. We’re calling on […]
November 28, 2015
Tags: gatekeeping, haringey council, homelessness, vulnerable Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS 
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Haringey Council to evict a woman and her 14-year-old daughter
M is a Haringey resident. She is due to be evicted by the council this Tuesday (10 November). When she came to our meeting last week, she told us that the council want to evict her because of rent arrears, despite the fact that she has already put a plan in place to pay her […]
November 10, 2015
Tags: eviction, haringey council, temporary accommodation Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS Comments Closed
Homeless? Pregnant? Haringey won’t help until the bailiffs arrive
UPDATE: Success! Ms L was offered accommodation starting from 23 June. Separate report of the action to follow. At our group meeting last week, a friend of one of our members came along – Ms L. She is a single mother of two, and is due to be evicted on 2 July from her flat […]
June 22, 2015
Tags: eviction, haringey council, interim accommodation, Private tenants Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS 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: eviction, gatekeeping, haringey council, homelessness, Private tenants Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS 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: Fuel Poverty, Shian Housing Association Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS, LOCAL CAMPAIGNS Comments Closed
End Fuel Poverty – Shian Housing Association listen to your tenants!
This Monday, 27th January 2014, we had a small demonstration outside Shian Housing Association in Hackney. We are demanding that they replace totally inefficient electric boilers with something that works well for a three bedroom property or a larger property. One member of the Haringey Housing Action Group told the group that for the last […]
January 29, 2014
Tags: Fuel Poverty, Nibe fighter boiler, Shian Housing Association Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS Comments Closed
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
Tags: bairstow eve, brian thomas, community housing inspectors, easy properties, kings group, let down, letting agents, paul simon, Private tenants, winkworth Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS, LOCAL CAMPAIGNS, NEWS Comments Closed
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
Tags: letting agents, Private tenants, yes to dss Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS, NEWS Comments Closed
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
Tags: benefit cap, haringey solidarity group Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS, LOCAL CAMPAIGNS, NEWS 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: action, eviction, gatekeeping, haringey council, homelessness Posted in: HHAG ACTIONS, NEWS Comments Closed