| In this edition: – New SHAC Article: Neither Shared Nor Ownership – SHAC in the Press on Social Housing’s Lost Social Purpose – Sign Up Your TRA’s Support for a National Tenants’ & Residents’ Union – New Protest Date: Saturday 7th June – Thank You |
 Read More Here New SHAC Article Neither Shared Nor Ownership: Protesting at the London Home Show Twice a year, the estate agent subsidiaries of the big London housing associations assemble in the capital for the London Home Show. It’s a one stop shop for Shared Ownership (SO) flats. The problem is, SO is neither shared nor ownership. SHAC committee member Alison met up with other activists outside the venue, not just to protest but to inform too. She observed that the show was less well-attended than on her previous visit. Many people already had a sense that this tenure is not what the landlords promise, and all of our informative leaflets were snapped up by visitors. Please like and share Article – BlueSky – Twitter – Facebook – Instagram |
 Read Here SHAC in the Press How a Charity Founded to Solve the Housing Crisis Became One of London’s Worst Landlords Andrew Kersley’s excellent, in-depth article for The Londoner charts the rise of Notting Hill Genesis (NHG), formed in response to brutal landlordism and slum conditions in London’s West End. But the social purpose that drove its success in the early days has now disappeared entirely, leaving it no better than the callous private landlords it sought to replace. The article has a wide resonance. NHG stands as a case study in a pool of similar large housing associations unable to resist the lure of big profits, diluting their compassion for the real meaning of social housing each time they merged. Well worth a read. Please like and share: Article ~ Bluesky ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram |
 Sign Up Your Tenants & Residents Association If you are a member of a Tenants and Residents Association (TRA), please urge them to join almost 50 other TRAs and 10 campaign groups already lending their support to SHAC’s National Tenants and Residents Union project. We are working with trade unions to turn the vision into a reality, and aim to show that the concept has wide support: – Download the Campaign Group Statement here. – Add your TRA’s name here. If you’re not part of an officially recognised TRA but want to show support, you can still do so by getting together with a few neighbours, choosing a name for your group, and signing up with your support as an informal “TRA”. Alternatively, if you’d like to set up a formally recognised TRA, please see guidance in the Tenant and Resident Self-Organisation section of SHAC’s resources page. |
 Housing Bloc on June Anti-Austerity National Demonstration SHAC is joining other housing campaign groups to create a housing bloc on the national anti-austerity protest taking place in London on 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. |
 With Thanks to All Our Donors Last week we posted an appeal for donations to cover our day-to-day expenses and the National Tenants and Residents Union project. As always, we were absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity of our members, so please accept a huge thanks from SHAC’s committee. If you would like to donate but haven’t already done so, please see our giving options here. |
 SHAC Social Housing Exhibition ~ Send Your Artworks! SHAC is curating an online exhibition on the theme of social housing, and we are inviting people to submit artworks. They can cover any aspect of social housing, whether good or bad, with a maximum of three artworks per person. There is no restriction on the type of media that can be used. However, the exhibition will be hosted online, and artworks therefore will need to be in a format that works on a web page. This includes images and creative words such as poetry, music, or short videos. Please use our exhibition webpage to submit your work. |
 6.30pm, Thursday 24 April 2025 Zoom link ~ ID: 823 4952 0596 ~ Passcode: 656982 Add to calendar Our next monthly SHAC meeting will hear updates on all our campaigns and is open to all members. Please join us. The times and dates for all 2025 monthly meetings are all available on our Events page. |
| Join our themed and landlord WhatsApp groups SHAC Campaigns Tribunals Support | SHAC Leaseholders & Shared Owners | Housing Ombudsman | Payment Strike Clarion | Hyde | MTVHA | Notting Hill Genesis | Riverside / One Housing | L&Q Southern | Peabody | Guinness | Home Group | THCH | A2 Dominion | SNG | Council Housing Tenants & Residents |
 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. |