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6 Reasons We Need to #EndSection21

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.

Novara FM: Grenfell: One Year On

One year on from the Grenfell Tower fire, James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Luke Barratt to discuss the political aftermath of the fire, the progress of the inquiry, and the survivors' struggle for justice.

Novara Live: The Royal Wedding Feat. Lowkey

Tonight on #TyskySour Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani are joined by Lowkey to discuss the Royal Wedding, the Grenfell enquiry and Gaza.

The Sofia Solidarity Centre Squat Exposed a Housing Crisis Past Breaking Point

Matt Broomfield

Opened on Great Portland Street as London temperatures dropped to minus ten, the Sofia Solidarity Centre squat housed close to two hundred rough sleepers by the time it was evicted. In addition to providing shelter to some of the city's most vulnerable people, the Centre served as a vigorous embodiment of the housing crisis and showed just how easy it could be to get people off the streets.

Long Read: ‘This is the next big battle’: Haringey Labour and the Future of Local Government

Nathan Akehurst

Opposition to the Haringey Development Vehicle has continually been met with the old response that ‘there is no alternative’. Local campaigners, however, have radical visions for the future of the borough.

How Greater Manchester Became the Capital of Housing Action in the UK

Isaac Rose

Known for its massive homeless population, Greater Manchester has become an icon of the UK housing crisis. But with a housing action movement gathering pace and capitalising on devolution, the city has become the heart of the resistance.

Demolish and Gentrify: The London Model Moves West

Tom Youngman

It’s a familiar story to Londoners: the bulldozing of social-rented neighbourhoods to make way for luxury, market-rent housing. But with the planned demolition of the Foxhill Estate in Bath, London-model gentrification is breaching new frontiers.

Ghettoes of Europe: The Private Landlords Making Billions From Refugee Shelters in Berlin

Hsiao-Hung Pai

Refugees live in roofless, partitioned rooms without privacy or basic facilities, in isolation on the edge of the city. Despite high rates of depression and suicide, the authorities keep cramming more people in, benefiting only the private companies and individuals who run these mass shelters for profit.

3 Reasons We Need Tenants Unions

London Renters Union

Almost a quarter of UK households will pay rent privately by the end of 2021, and currently there are 3m private renters in London alone. Precarious workers are beginning to rack up victories against their employers. Isn't it time for the precariously housed to take on the landlords?

Luxury Housing for All – Because Nothing Is Too Good for the Working Class

Marijam Didžgalvytė

We're told it's inevitable that social housing is dangerous and squalid, whilst the rich get to live in opulent penthouses. It's high time we change that narrative and demand luxury housing for all.

The Fix: The Budget & the IWGB

On this episode of #FixLive Clare Hymer discusses the environmental policies announced in last week’s budget, Dalia Ed looks at the Tories’ housing policies and Eleanor Kate interviews IWGB Vice-President Mags Dewhurst about organising precarious workers.

Novara FM: Sovereignty, Austerity, Nationalism: Britain and Europe

On #NovaraFM, Dawn Foster and Michael Walker join James Butler to discuss some of the driving forces behind recent political stories: sovereignty, austerity, nationalism.

The Fix: Housing, Cool Britannia and #MeToo

Are the Tories for real on housing? What can #MeToo achieve? And wtf happened to ‘Cool Britannia’? With Dawn Foster, Maya Goodfellow, and Richard Power Sayeed.