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13 June 2018
Grenfell: still waiting for justice
The horror of the Grenfell fire happened a year ago, on 14 June 2017. The whole neoliberal housing model has failed. Time won't heal capitalism's crimes, but working class action can win safe homes for all.
13 June 2018
Housing strike against individualised pay enters week two
Tower Hamlets Community Housing workers are in their second week of strike action organised by public service union Unison. Their new pay structure is not negotiated with the unions, but based on 'market testing'.
13 June 2018
Pay rises of 283% needed for most to afford London homes
Mass council house building programme needed now: I would need a pay rise to £134,000 a year to afford a mortgage in London - 283% more than the average London salary, or over 400% more than what I and many others earn
6 June 2018
East London housing workers fight privatisation of pay
Tower Hamlets Unison members started strike action for fair pay on 4 June.
23 May 2018
The Grenfell inquiry opened with heartrending tributes to the people who perished
23 May 2018
Homeless charity colluding to deport homeless!
Lawyers from the Public Interest Law Unit (PILU) have submitted a formal complaint against St Mungo's, one of the leading homelessness charities in the UK, for its work in colluding with the Home Office to illegally deport homeless EEA (European Economic Area) nationals
23 May 2018
40 attend Socialist Party housing campaign launch in Windsor
There was a successful launch of our new housing campaign in Windsor on 15 May. The meeting was attended by 40 people, with speakers and lively discussion from the floor.
23 May 2018
Tax Amazon movement wins in Seattle
On 14 May, Seattle City Council passed a historic tax on Amazon and other big corporations to fund permanently affordable, publicly owned housing. The driving force behind this victory was the strength of our #TaxAmazon movement.
23 May 2018
A recent Refugee Action report (bit.ly/2GFCd1y188/) reveals how those who flee persecution or war are systematically mistreated by the Home Office, notorious for implementing Theresa May's "hostile environment" for migrants
16 May 2018
Ronan Point disaster 50 years on
On 16 May 1968, 50 years ago, Ronan Point, a high-rise tower block in Newham, east London, collapsed killing four people and injuring 17
16 May 2018
Sweden: Socialist elected leader of 77,000-strong tenants' union
Kristofer Lundberg, a leading member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (Socialist Justice - CWI Sweden), was recently elected as leader of the 77,000 member tenants' union in West Sweden with 60% of the vote from delegates to the union's regional council
2 May 2018
Young people trapped in private rental
Housing costs force workers out of London: It's a tough time to be a young person in Britain. Almost two-fifths of Millennials, young people born by 2000, rent privately at 30
18 April 2018
Butterfields tenants join TUSC campaign
In 2016 Socialist Party members helped Butterfields tenants fight eviction - they achieved a famous victory
18 April 2018
Vote TUSC to fight youth homelessness and the housing crisis:
Youth homelessness is on the rise - the housing crisis and delays in benefit payments are major factors
4 April 2018
London tenants and workers protest against social housing auction
Outside the upmarket Marriott hotel, tenants and workers protested against an auction of their social housing
4 April 2018
End the housing crisis! We can't wait till 2022!
Labour councils must act now: We need council candidates in May who will fight the crisis
28 March 2018
Grenfell: survivors not rehoused, inquiry not independent, blocks not safe
The government has admitted that 82 households are still in temporary accommodation following the Grenfell Tower fire and not all will be in permanent accommodation by June, the first anniversary, writes Paul Kershaw, chair, Unite union housing workers branch.
28 March 2018
Walthamstow Save Our Square protesters thrown out of city hall for demanding a say
London Mayor Sadiq Khan's decision to grant permission to redevelop Walthamstow town square in east London was met with anger and feelings of gross betrayal, writes Linda Taaffe, Waltham Forest Socialist Party.
22 March 2018
Homes for All - Not billionaire profit!
Save Our Square protesters were physically evicted from the London City Hall
14 March 2018
Zero new homes 'affordable' in Blairite Manchester
A damning, yet unsurprising, February housing report reveals that zero affordable housing has been built in Manchester city centre in two years.
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