Around 250 supporters joined the Housing Protest on Sept 9 to hear from 14 different housing campaigns and 6 MP’s speaking in support of rent freezes and investment in council housing as the only long term solution to the housing emergency. The scale of the housing crisis was revealed by the breadth of the differing campaigns. Many contributions echoed the need for building a grassroots housing coalition and to keep on organising.
Speakers included: John McDonnell MP, Streets Kitchen, Chris Hinchliff MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Save Brick Lane, Campaign Against Climate Change, St. James Tenants Association, Labour Campaign for Council Housing, Refurbish Don’t Demolish, SHAPE/Homes for All, Fuel Poverty Action, London Renters Union, Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth, Greater Manchester Tenants Union, Grenfell Activist/HfA & SuTR, Ealing Housing Co-op, Green MP, Hannah Spencer, ACORN, Bell Ribeiro – Addy MP.
Instagram and Facebook posts from the protest.
Thanks to Dave Gilchrist for the pics.