Opinion: I Have Mixed Feelings About South London’s New Tube Stations
by Aydin Dikerdem
The shiny new development was paid for with money meant for affordable housing, writes local Labour councillor Aydin Dikerdem.
Tag: homelessness
Opinion: My Community Helped Me Resist Eviction. Now the Council Wants to Move Me Away
by Nadia Zaman
When her landlord tried to evict her, Nadia Zaman fought back. But now the council has given her a choice: Stoke-on-Trent or the streets. Novara Media spoke to Zaman about her fight for secure local housing.
Report: The Tories’ Furlough Delay Has Led to Thousands of Needless Redundancies
by Francesca Newton
As a result of the government's repeated and false insistence that there would be no extension to furlough, thousands of people across the UK have lost their jobs unnecessarily. Francesca Newton reports.
Report: ‘It Scares Me to Think Where We’ll End Up’: The Renters Facing Homelessness Now the Eviction Ban Has Lifted
by Hannah Green
With the eviction ban lifted this week, thousands of renters have found themselves faced with the prospect of being made homeless during a global pandemic. Joining calls from activists and campaign groups, they are demanding that they be protected, reports Hannah Green.
Report: London Councils Paid Private Landlords £15.8m in a Year to Get Them to Rent to Homeless Families
by Nye Jones
Exclusive: Data obtained by Novara Media shows that London councils are paying landlords costly incentives to house tenants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in private rented properties - many of them in poor condition. Nye Jones reports.
Opinion: I Work With People Experiencing Homelessness – for Them, the Crisis Is Worsening by the Day
by Tom Zagoria
Despite the government preening itself with manipulated statistics, homelessness in the UK is set to rise to historic levels. It is therefore vital that we oppose this unjust system, demanding that no one is left behind, argues shelter worker and activist Tom Zagoria.
Opinion: The Tories Are Pushing People Back on to the Streets Because Rough Sleeping Serves a Political Purpose
by Nye Jones
Last Friday news broke that the government was quietly winding up local authority funding that had been allocated to house rough sleepers in hotels during the pandemic. Nye Jones argues they’ve done this because the suffering of rough sleepers serves as a warning.
‘I’m terrified of going back to the streets’: Coronavirus Shows We Could End Street Homelessness
by Hannah Green
The government have housed thousands of homeless people overnight, but campaigners say extra support must extend beyond lockdown or rough sleepers will be worse off than before, writes Hannah Green.
Ordered Home Without a Home: Italy’s Rough Sleepers Suffer Under Quarantine Rules
by Ben Munster
With Italy on lockdown and introducing harsh new rules, it's the country's over 50,000 rough sleepers who have been hit the hardest, writes Ben Munster.
Ash Wednesday: What Do London’s Rough Sleepers Think About the General Election?
What do London’s rough sleepers think of the general election? Ash Sarkar went and asked some of them.
NovaraFM: Where Will We Live?
James Butler is joined by Anna Minton, author of Ground Control and Big Capital, to ask: could this be a housing election?
NovaraFM: Now We Have Your Attention
James Butler is joined by Jack Shenker to explore the new politics: from grassroots trade unionism to migrant solidarity, and the gradual transformation of the Labour Party.
Homelessness Activists Occupy Tunnel, After MPs Ask for Gate to Stop Rough Sleepers
by Sophie K Rosa
Over 320,000 people are homeless in Britain - up 169% since the Conservatives came to power. Yet 'hostile architecture' that keeps rough sleepers out of public spaces is on the rise. As the weather turns cold, a gate has just been installed in a Westminster underpass to lock homeless people out at night - allegedly after MPs complained about having to walk past them.
Rough Sleeping Is at Record Levels, so Why Don’t People Care?
by Nye Jones
The Tories want people to believe homelessness is complex and rough sleepers are to blame for their situation. The truth is they have been let down by a system that could easily be changed if there was the political will to do so.
Asylum Seeker Evictions Will Cause ‘Crisis on the Streets of Glasgow’, Charities Warn
by Charlotte England and an anonymous case worker
A housing provider has announced it will resume a controversial policy to evict hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow, in a move charities say will leave scores of vulnerable people street homeless. Serco, which until recently held the government contract to house asylum seekers in the Scottish city, first announced plans to evict people denied […]
‘They should be chased out of town’: How a South Coast Council Is Failing Homeless People
by Natalie Leal
The number of people sleeping rough in Bognor Regis is rising. But instead of working to protect vulnerable people, local councillors seem to view homeless people as detrimental to the look of the town. In addition to moving rough sleepers off the high street and confiscating their belongings, the local authority is now about to cut £4m of funding to homelessness services.
6 Reasons We Need to #EndSection21
by Jacob Mukherjee
Private tenants used to be able to stay in their homes for as long as they were paying the rent. But since the introduction of section 21 under the 1988 Housing Act, landlords have had the power to evict tenants with just two months’ notice without giving them a reason. Here are six reasons section 21 needs to be abolished.
These Five Victories in the Fight for Migrants’ Rights Show We Can Win
by Charlotte England
The government backtracked on its demand that schools collect data on pupils’ nationality and country of birth this month, presenting a sudden and startling victory to campaigners opposing the hostile environment. Here are five other key wins in the fight for migrants’ rights in Britain.