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6 Reasons to Support Your Local Squats

Izzy Koksal and Luke Sheldon

Negative changes in attitudes and the law combined with the gentrification of inner-city areas mean squatting is becoming much harder - precisely at a time when immediate housing is so desperately needed.

Cameron’s Latest Assault on London’s Social Housing is Finishing Thatcher’s Dirty Work

Adam Robertson

In both economic and architectural terms, Cameron’s recent promise to eradicate poverty by tearing down people’s homes is the latest in a decades-long line of attacks on social housing.

Novara FM: Another Pride Is Possible?

On this weeks show James Butler is joined by Charlotte Gerada, Amy Roberts, Dan Glass and Dan Laverick as they discuss Saturday's #PrideinLondon. Is Pride becoming little more than a plaything for big business?

8 Key Findings into Council-Administered Social Cleansing in London

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth has used freedom of information (FOI) requests in every London borough to research the effect of the 2011 Localism Act on the rehousing of homeless households. The findings reveal the social cleansing of central London by the hands of local authorities.

The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain

Lewis Bassett

We're told that growth is back, yet all around working class people are being smothered with escalating rents - many being forcibly moved or made homeless. What is the 'housing crisis', what makes it so bad and what is the answer?

Novara FM: Gentrification, Displacement, Community

On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Symeon Brown as they discuss gentrification and displacement in 21st Century Britain.

London’s Housing Crisis: 6 Problems We Face

Christian Garland

Over ten percent of UK residents live in London, yet while housing waiting lists remain sky-high, the London 'property market' is a magnet to the global super-rich.

7 Ways the Localism Act is Shafting the Homeless and Precariously-Housed

Izzy Koksal

Heard of the Localism Act 2011? Nor have most people, but this seemingly-subtle piece of legislation is having devastating effects on homeless and precariously-housed people as well as social housing more broadly. These effects are only set to be exacerbated, requiring action before we're fire-fighting nationwide social cleansing.

The Ineptitude of Chuka Umunna: 5 Signs Labour are Scraping the Barrel

Dan Whittall

"Cities are on the march," declares shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna. That's easy for Blue Labour's anti-squatter pin-up to say, but here's why he's failed on the basics of urban political economy and why his ineptitude means Labour are scraping the ideas barrel.

6 Things You Should Know About Glasgow’s Social Housing Crisis

Arran James

Eyes the world over will be turning to Glasgow this summer for the 20th Commonwealth Games. However, the spectacle belies the grim reality of the state of the city's social housing situation. As privateers move in and working class people are forced out, resistance is mounting in the fight for housing.

Novara FM: Housing and Gentrification: Discussing the Heygate Estate

On this week's show James Butler is joined by Liliana Dmitrovic they discuss gentrification and the Heygate Estate.

4 Thoughts on ‘Brixton Unite’ and the Policing of Gentrification

Tom Abree

Yesterday saw 'Brixton Unite' - a multi-agency police operation - take place in Brixton. While the claim by local government and the Metropolitan Police is that the operation was a response to 'gang crime', for many it is emblematic of the politics and management of gentrification: economic and social cleansing, racist policing, and the dispossession of urban space.

Novara FM: Regeneration, Gentrification and Social Cleansing

On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss regeneration, gentrification and social cleansing.

Social Cleansing in Tower Hamlets: Interview with Balfron Tower Evictee

James Butler

James Butler speaks to a Balfron Tower evictee about social cleansing and mistreatment by Tower Hamlets council

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