SHAC in the Press 2023
- The Guardian – 19 September – England’s big social housing landlords ignoring official complaint warnings
- iNews – 12 September – ‘Powerless’ housing association leaseholders hit with unexplained £3,000 service charge
https://inews.co.uk/news/powerless-housing-association-leaseholders-service-charge-2608473
- Ealing News – 11 September – Southall residents on “rent and service charge strike” against UK’s largest housing association Clarion over increasing charges and lack of transparency
https://ealing.news/homes-property/southall-residents-on-rent-and-service-charge-strike-against-uks-largest-housing-association-clarion-over-increasing-charges-and-lack-of-transparency/
- Open Democracy – 7 September – RAAC scandal spreads to housing as estate revealed to contain aerated concrete – https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/raac-housing-government-dangerous-buildings-siporex-estate/
- TalkTV – 30 August – Jeremy Kyle Investigates the Housing Crisis – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01KJsYxqlY0
- Inside Housing – 30 August – Housing association leaseholders in east London estate go on service charge strike
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/housing-association-leaseholders-in-east-london-estate-go-on-service-charge-strike-82807
- LBC Radio – 8 August – Rent controls
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3d8fAIg7q4&t=2s
- Inside Housing – 28 July – More than 40% of respondents claim landlords charge them for services that do not apply to their home or estate
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/more-than-40-of-respondents-claim-landlords-charge-them-for-services-that-do-not-apply-to-their-home-or-estate-82502
- Byline Times – 19 July – With their Bosses Earning Twice that of Other Charities, Have Housing Associations ‘Lost their Social Purpose?’
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/17/with-their-bosses-earning-twice-that-of-other-charities-have-housing-associations-lost-their-social-purpose/
- Byline Times – 2 June – Social Housing Providers’ Billions in Surpluses as Record Number of Tenants Report Poor Conditions
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/06/02/social-housing-providers-billions-in-surpluses-as-record-number-of-tenants-report-poor-conditions/
- Housing Digital – 18 May – Peabody merger: Are supersized housing associations too big to fail?
https://housingdigital.co.uk/peabody-merger-are-supersized-housing-associations-too-big-to-fail/
- BBC London News – 15 May – SHAC Secretary interviewed for broadcast article on Sadiq Khan and Affordable Housing targets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdvegG8LBHI&t=1s
- BBC News – 15 May – Sadiq Khan: Affordable new homes target for London met
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65595283
- City AM – 10 May – Even if you do buy a home, the pestilence of service charges could make it unaffordable
https://www.cityam.com/even-if-you-do-buy-a-home-the-pestilence-of-service-charges-could-make-it-unaffordable/
- NE Londoner – 21 April – Tower Hamlets tenants struggling over service charge increase https://www.nelondoner.co.uk/news/21042023-tower-hamlets-tenants-struggling-over-service-charge-increase
- The Big Issue – 21 April – Campaigners reveal tenants have been overcharged almost £2 million for service charges https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/campaigners-reveal-tenants-have-been-overcharged-almost-2-million-for-service-charges/
- LBC – 14 April – Calls for ‘rat tsars’ across Britain after New York appoints ‘somewhat bloodthirsty’ official – https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/rat-tsars-britain-new-york/
- Times Radio – 4 April – Raw sewage, mould and rats – the state of some UK social housing
- The Times – 3 April – How poor housing costs the NHS £1.4bn a year – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-bad-homes-cost-nhs-1-4bn-times-health-commission-08zpsdpvn
- The Big Issue – 28 March – England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade – https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/england-has-lost-more-than-200000-social-rented-homes-in-the-last-decade/
- Morning Star – 27 March – Britain’s ‘unsustainable’ social housing model causing ‘deep and devastating’ strain on residents – https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/britain-unsustainable-social-housing-model-causing-deep-and-devastating-strain-on-residents
- Radio 4 – File on 4 – 21 March – Rental Health: The Social Housing Perfect Storm? – https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001k7wf
- The Financial Times – 15 March – Housing in London: damp, mould and high charges at Peabody properties – https://www.ft.com/content/aafd30ce-b933-4d5f-898e-403c8ecf3671
- And impact shown in Inside Housing – 16 March – Disrepair scandals ‘real risk’ to investment, says housing association boss – https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/disrepair-scandals-real-risk-to-investment-says-housing-association-boss-80721
- And Early Day Motion – https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/60709
- Sunday Mirror – 12 March – Giant rats and raw sewage ‘hell’ spark fear for kids’ health due to mould and damp – https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/distressed-housing-association-tenants-fear-29432285
- Inside Housing – 3 March – ‘Staggering’ government does not know cost of service charges on benefits bill – https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/staggering-government-does-not-know-cost-of-service-charges-on-benefits-bill-80454
- The Evening Standard 6 March – The Leader podcast: Tackling social housing ‘rogue landlords’ – https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/social-housing-tackling-rogue-landlords/id1480398327?i=1000602999132
- and comment in Evening Standard – https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/tackling-social-housing-rogue-landlords-b1065165.html
- SHAC in Guardian Letters – ref Aditya Chakrabortty article – 21 February – https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/feb/20/britains-housing-sector-is-rigged-against-vulnerable-tenants?fbclid=IwAR2Q5BJCyjytJRKifbdnstpjhUGuOFpzYdBUpDNMqBVkI-OrS6x4GUdKnnY
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