October 18, 2012
On Tuesday 16 October, members of Haringey Housing Action Group successfully supported a family facing eviction. Ms T, a member of the group and mother of three, is pregnant and about to be evicted from a private tenancy later in the month, just three days before her baby is due to be born. Ms T […]
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Tags: housing
October 10, 2012
Haringey Council has announced that it intends to appoint the former Chief Executive of Barnet ‘easyCouncil’ on a salary of £189,440 per annum. Nick Walkley spearheaded a mass privatisation and cuts programme in Barnet and jumped ship before its completion. We do not want Barnet’s costly experiment repeated here. His appointment is due to be […]
Category: haringey council
October 8, 2012
Haringey Housing Action Group held an inspection of local letting agents to draw attention to high rents, short-term tenancies, discrimination against housing benefit claimants and high administration fees. On Saturday 6 October, a team of Community Housing Inspectors took a tour of local letting agents along Green Lanes to investigate their practices. About 20 people […]
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Tags: housing
October 3, 2012
Join us this Saturday, 6 October for a Community Housing Inspection of Haringey Letting Agents We’ll be meeting at 12 noon at Turnpike Lane tube to investigate local letting agents and uncover unwelcome practices: • Discrimination against people on housing benefit• Extortionate charges to prospective and existing tenants• Encouraging short term tenancies to maximise renewal […]
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Tags: housing
September 19, 2012
Haringey Migrant Support Group is hosting a night of music and theatre to raise funds for a much needed Migrant Support Centre in the borough from 8pm at St John Vianney Church Hall, 86 West Green Road, N15 3QL The Haringey Migrant Centre will provide a weekly drop-in service for migrants. The centre will offer […]
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Tags: race and immigration
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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Tags: housing
September 11, 2012
It’s summer… But are you still paying off your winter fuel bills? Are you dreading the coming winter? For all Haringey residents, whether you’re struggling with rip-off fuel bills, having difficulties heating your home in the winter or are passionate about the issue and would like to support, come along to…
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Tags: environment
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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Tags: housing
May 31, 2012
The council-run Development Management Forum, for Grainger’s resubmitted Wards Corner site planning application, ended abruptly on Wednesday night. Members of the public walked out when it became clear there was no one present who could answer their questions. Two hundred people from many parts of Tottenham’s local community came to express their views about this […]
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Tags: community
May 27, 2012
Report from Save Downhills Campaign Industrial Action On Tuesday (22 May) our teachers held a one-day strike in protest at a forced and unwanted change of employer to the Harris Federation. This was not a decision they took lightly and all messages of support were very much appreciated. Our teachers were joined by parents and […]
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Tags: local services
