By Ellie Schling Over the last two months I’ve produced an audio walk around Hackney using oral history interviews recorded by the Hackney Housing Oral History Project in 2011. The audio walk directs you around Victorian terraced streets, council estates, estate agents and the council service office while you listen to excerpts of interviews with … Continue reading »
When: Tuesday 14th May, 18:30-20:00 Where: Open House, County Street SE1 4AD: http://openhouse2013.com/find-us/ This open, interactive workshop, led by Digs will be a chance to explore and build links between private renters and the wider housing movement. How can private tenants work with people from other tenures to take action against the housing crisis? We hope to … Continue reading »
By Alistair Mitchell This year £23.8 billion will be spent on Housing Benefit. The budget keeps spiraling thanks to rent increases (37% in last 5 years alone). Yet the government’s response to this huge bill hits only tenants, particularly in London, with housing benefit limits and Bedroom Tax. Not one of the political parties has … Continue reading »
On Saturday renters from North East London gathered outside high street letting agents on Upper Street, Islington to demand an end to rip off fees, spiraling rents and exploitation of private tenants. Local campaign groups from Tower Hamlets, Islington and Hackney staged a series of fun, theatrical actions outside letting agents Foxtons, Savills and Faron … Continue reading »
When: Saturday 27th April, 12 noon Meet: Islington Green, London N1 8DU Join Digs, Islington Private Tenants and Tower Hamlets Renters on a mini-tour of local letting agents to call for…. An end to fees for tenants as in Scotland Proper regulation of letting agents No discrimination against people on housing benefit The action will be MONOPOLY … Continue reading »
When: Monday 15th April, 19:00-21:00 Where: Aspland & Marcon Community Hall, Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LN Following the success of our recent first workshop, jointly hosted by Shelter and Digs, we are holding the next installment covering the eviction process and possible defenses, harassment, unlawful eviction and rent increases. This is part of a series of introductory workshops, with the chance to learn … Continue reading »
On 6 March, Baroness Dianne Hayter of Kentish Town successfully tabled an amendment in the House of Lords to bring letting and management agents within the scope of the 1979 Estate Agents Act. Passed by a narrow margin – 211 votes to 206 - Lords Amendment 40 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill will now return to the House … Continue reading »
