September 18, 2012
Join us to demand landlords bring rents down and stop discrimination against those on benefits. At the Landlords Forum run by Haringey Council Thursday 20th September, 5.30 – 6.30pm outside the Civic Centre, Wood Green, N22 (5 mins walk up the hill from Wood Green tube)
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August 1, 2012
Bring family, friends and neighbours to a Haringey Housing Action Group protest on Friday 3 August, 9am at Haringey Council Customer Service Centre, Apex House, 820 Seven Sisters Road, N15 5PQ (tube: Seven Sisters) – the home of the North London Housing Benefit Hub. Local Housing Allowance (LHA) Housing Benefit cuts are starting to hit, […]
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May 20, 2012
In opposition to Government cuts to housing benefits, we demand…AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL – BRING RENTS DOWN! Calling all private tenants in Haringey: Is your rent too high? Do you get enough Housing Benefit – has it been cut? Do you want to see affordable housing for everyone, and rent-reductions (instead of evictions) for those […]
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May 10, 2012
On Wednesday 9th May, HSG activists were outside the Civic Centre in Wood Green where the Landlords Forum was being held, to put pressure on landlords not to increase their rents above Housing Benefit Local Housing Allowance (LHA) levels. Although small in number, we handed out a considerable number of leaflets to people going into […]
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August 18, 2011
No Evictions of Tenants – We all have a Right to a Home! Statement from Hackney Housing Group and Haringey Housing Action Group We condemn the use of evictions by Wandsworth Council as a punishment measure for families who have criminal charges against them after the riots. In the first place, Wandsworth Council has issued […]
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February 24, 2011
The Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns Natwest, was bailed out by the British taxpayer at a cost of £45bn – more than half the amount of the government’s £81bn four-year cuts programme. Despite us now having an 84% share in RBS, the bank has continued to pay massive bonuses to investment bankers and to […]
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January 18, 2011
Haringey residents and members of Haringey Housing Action Group joined together to take action to oppose changes to housing benefit as part of the National Protest Against Cuts to Housing & Welfare Benefits. The group leafleted and talked to residents visiting Apex House in Tottenham, as well as council staff and passersby to raise awareness […]
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January 24, 2010
Last week, Haringey Solidarity Group took action with M, a Haringey mother, facing eviction from a private tenancy. The council had finally agreed to house her, but would not do so until she had been physically evicted. M just wanted a few days’ notice to make arrangements, and to put her mind at rest.
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September 29, 2009
“We don’t want to move!”, say sheltered housing tenants Elderly tenants met in Tottenham on Wednesday, 26th August, to launch a campaign to save their homes at four sheltered housing schemes: Campbell Court, N17 – 49 flatsLarkspur Close, N17 – 36 flatsProtheroe House, N17 – 47 flatsStokley Court, Hornsey – 47 flats The four schemes […]
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August 18, 2009
On Saturday 1st August, Haringey Solidarity Group organised a protest outside the Natwest Bank in Wood Green. NatWest and Lloyds Banking Group have been bailed out with £70bn of our money, and it’s reckoned that the overall cost of propping up the banking system will be £130bn –that’s almost £5,000 for every household in Britain. […]
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