Our next organising meeting will be held on Saturday, 27th October, from 11am at:

The TUC (ground floor canteen area), Congress House, 23-28 Great Russell St, London WC1B 3LS 

(five minutes from Tottenham Court Road tube station).

Key issues to discuss include:

1.  Building and organisation for the “No Demolition Without Permission” protest at London City Hall on 3rd November:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/ydbhhjwe .

2.  Planning and building for the national “Safe, Secure Homes for All”  summit on 8th December .

Leaflets for both of the above will be available for you to take away and circulate.

The deadline for responses to the latest Government Green Paper on housing – https://tinyurl.com/y8r4pg56 – is 6 November.

Send in responses-  you can use Homes for All outline here: https://tinyurl.com/ydg77re7

Sign our petition to halt demolitions of our social housing estates:

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/841/331/525/no-demolition-without-permission-homes-for-all/?taf_id=58918999&cid=fb_na

We are building and supporting a protest taking place at City Hall, London  12 noon on Saturday 3rd November.

For further context to this critical issue, watch the BBC programme Inside Out (3rd Sept, link below) which revealed 8-10 London estates are scheduled for full or partial demolition:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bhnjy8

We’ve had a busy and productive month. We had several days of intensive lobbying and leafleting at Labour Party conference.  This led into a good fringe meeting, with 40 people from a range of places and backgrounds.  The over-arching message was the need to step up our demands, and build a united, national campaign to win Homes for All.

Regarding the Government green paper on housing there are three main issues to be aware of are a) threat of new stock transfer programme b) use of league tables for housing services c) setting up of National Tenant Voice.  All of these could be used to advance privatisation and/or fake council housing (e.g. by use of local housing companies).

Our next meeting will be on Monday 8th October, 7pm, National Education Union HQ, Hamilton House, Mabeldon Place, London WC1H 9BD

All welcome. Email us reports and actions from your community.

Come join us on 5th October, from 6.30pm at the “No Place Like Home” event at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Road.  Homes for All are co-hosting this informal event.  Free admittance and an opportunity to meet other campaigners and share experiences.

The Facebook event is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/244399402934680/