| In this edition: – Mould Death: SHAC Article and Call to Action – End Service Charge Abuse Petition: Call to Action – June Protest Dates x 3 |
 Read Here SHAC Article: Turning Simmering Anger into Social Action A single day in May has again thrown social housing into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The Housing Ombudsman Service (HOS) published a damning report on rising disrepairs complaints, and the media reported the death of a baby in a decaying home owned by Notting Hill Genesis (NHG). The Ombudsman warned that simmering anger will turn into social unrest, but SHAC members are instead turning anger into organised action so that we can get government to give us a better permanent deal for tenants and residents. The HOS called on government to create a national tenants’ voice, but a voice is not enough. We need a transfer of power from landlords to tenants and residents, which is what our National Tenants and Residents Union project aims to create. Read the full story. Please like and share: Bluesky ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram   Protest: Demand Homes fit for Life To highlight the appalling condition of too much social housing, and the terrible working conditions for too many frontline staff, SHAC and the Unite Housing Workers Branch are inviting all to join us in a protest on Friday. Please join us if you can: 4pm, Friday 6th June Notting Hill Genesis Bruce Kenrick House, 2 Killick Street, London N1 9FL Please like and share: Bluesky ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram |
 Read Here End Service Charge Abuse Petition SHAC Reacts: Government Offers Words But No Reassurance After the underwhelming government written reply to our petition for a new service charges regulator, we have set out a detailed response which demolishes government claims that improvements are already in the pipeline. Read more here. Please like and share:Bluesky ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram  And a Call to Action Reply Template Here We are asking all members to reply to the Parliamentary Petitions Team, copying the Ministry of Housing, and government ministers. We have provided two template texts: one for those who signed the petition and another for those who did not. It should only take a moment for members to help demand that they address the central points of our petition. See here for full details. |
 7 June: Anti-Austerity National Demonstration Housing Bloc SHAC is joining other housing campaign groups to create a housing bloc on the national anti-austerity protest taking place in London on Saturday 7th June. Please get along if you can. We will meet at midday at Portland Place and we’ll have the SHAC banner to help make us visible. If you are coming along, you are welcome to join our temporary Anti-Austerity WhatsApp group which has been set up to help us coordinate on the day. |
 24 June: Protest Housing 2025 Towards the end of June, housing executives will gather to present the world with their carefully constructed and entirely false showcase to boast about how ‘well’ they are delivering public housing. As they arrive, SHAC and a host of campaign partners under the banner of the Homes for Us coalition will be protesting outside. Please join us: 10am – 12 noon, Tuesday 24th June, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester M2 3GX |
 SHAC Action Update Meeting Our next monthly SHAC meeting will hear updates on all our campaigns and is open to all members. It is an opportunity for you to share any campaigns or actions you are organising to challenge bad practice by your landlord. Please join us. 6.30pm, Thursday 26 June 2025 Zoom link ~ ID: 823 4952 0596 ~ Passcode: 656982 Add to calendar The times and dates for all 2025 monthly meetings are all available on our Events page. |
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 Nextdoor Network – Recruit to SHAC Join Nextdoor Posting a message on the Nextdoor app is one great way to encourage tenants and residents from your landlord (or other housing associations) to join SHAC and build critical strength. It will help to raise awareness of SHAC’s work and to encourage more recruits to lobby the Government and get our voices heard. Nextdoor is a Facebook-style social networking site that links people in the same locality. You can find out more and get set up here. |