The landlords of Maddocks House in Shadwell that caught fire have pleaded guilty to criminal charges. The residents of the estate say that Tower Hamlets Council must also be brought to justice for facilitating overcrowded conditions. whitechapellondon.co.uk/landlords-madd…

The Autonomous Winter Shelter Croydon (A.W.S. - CRO) is now open. With night time temperatures below freezing, free emergency shelter is necessary, more than ever.

Cleaners at Anna refuse to let the fear - of being disciplined, of losing their jobs, of being assaulted even - stop them from speaking out. We've been on campus every Friday for the past 3 weeks and we will keep coming back until we get justice.

Our Directory of Residents Action Groups is a searchable database of local Tenants Associations, Campaign groups and advice services. Don't see yours on the list? Get in touch with us to add it fixmyblock.org/groups/

If we don't solve the housing crisis London will empty of children. The city is already hollowing out.

This Xmas we're supporting some local street homeless folks in Walworth so we printed some lovely benefit postcards to help with our support. Please come by and buy one or two or more if you're able to. @our_MoH Streets Kitchen

We are open today 2-8, Friday 3-7 and Sat 2-6pm. Pop by and say Hi

Arconic - the multi-billion pound US headquartered company which made the cladding identified as the "primary cause" of the rapid fire spread at Grenfell Tower - won't attend a 'Testimony Week' of bereaved and survivors theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

This is a wake up call - if government is prepared to squeeze sharp rent rises out of the poorest even in an election year, they have zero interest in the working class. Will you now make a firm commitment to rent controls The Labour Party, Liberal Democrats The Green Party ?

📢I am conducting oral history interviews as part of my research on British South Asian political activism in the 20th Century. If you were involved in a political campaign or have recollections about friends/family members, please fill out this form. docs.google.com/forms/d/1h3VCs…

While those lucky enough to have bought up property decades ago are guaranteed a comfy retirement, millions of renters will live out our later years in complete insecurity. We need to transform the role housing plays in our political system. We need homes for people, not profit.

🚨🚨 on Weds MPs will vote on the "anti-boycott" bill that will prevent unis and councils making ethical decisions about who they spend and invest with... especially in Israel. It's dystopia time. UK people, register your dissent. ✉️ Email MP palestinecampaign.eaction.online/MPboycottvote

Very sorry to say there was inaccuracy in this tweet. Brandon Lewis was knighted in June. Which means all four Conservative politician who were called to answer for their failures to prevent the Grenfell Tower fire have been either knighted or given a peerage since the fire.

Over 60 of us occupied Lambeth council's housing office for over 2 hours this morning in support of Amin and his family. Baby Dareen has been hospitalised 6 times due to the mould flat. We demanded action so this will never happen again!✊️💪🏡❤️

Three years ago there were 600 long-term empty homes on the Aylesbury estate. Today they still sit empty and the number has increased. x.com/35percent_EAN/…

‘Free money!’ Avanti West Coast bosses caught joking about UK government handouts theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Seriously worrying precendent here. 'Decant' residents from social housing blocks for urgent repair work, then change course and sell the blocks to the private sector.

Upcoming events to coincide with current exhibition Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point 17 Feb 2-4pm: Resistance in the archive with Nijjor Manush and MayDay Rooms 29 Feb 6-7.30pm: Bengali radical housing movement in Tower Hamlets with Shabna Begum 🎟️ orlo.uk/HoXO0

Peabody boss Ian McDermott's annual salary of £385,784 gives a pay packet of £32,148 every month - imagine opening your payslip and seeing that! In contex, a worker doing 35 hours per week on minimum wage earns an annual salary of £18,964.

2.2m people in the UK live with black mould. Nearly a million live with serious damp. We need a serious policy response: more enforcement and investment in social housing. Film screening and protest opposite Parliament next Weds: actionnetwork.org/events/mould-i…