| In this issue: – SHAC Article: The Great Abbeyfield Illusion – End Service Charge Abuse campaign updates – Consultation call out |
 Read More SHAC Article:The Great Abbeyfield Illusion As George Morris explains, Abbeyfield claims that its retirement scheme residents enjoy supported housing with “high standards of accommodation, companionship and a support service designed to promote independence”. But while Abbeyfield England likes to create the appearance of unity, Abbeyfield England and around 100 other local Abbeyfield housing organisations are in fact entirely independent of each other.The whole arrangement is just a branding exercise with no real accountability and their ‘certificates of excellence’ are meaningless. Read more here. Please like and share: Bluesky ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram |
| End Service Charge Abuse Campaign Updates – our Parliamentary petition has reached 1,128 signatures. To help give it a boost, our campaign partner and SHAC member, Ben Jenkins of the increasingly popular Housing Sector podcast has made a special video explaining why a dedicated disputes scheme is needed. Please like and share:Bluesky ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram Action by MPs – We have asked all MPs to support the creation of the service charge dispute scheme by signing an open letter to government. So far, seven MPs have added their names: Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP – Clapham and Brixton Hill Iqbal Mohamed MP – Dewsbury and Batley John McDonnell MP – Hayes and Harlington Jon Trickett MP – Normanton and Hemsworth Peter Lamb MP – Crawley Rachael Maskell MP – York Central Richard Burgon MP – Leeds East Please ask your MP to do the same if they aren’t listed. Download the letter here, and find your MP here.  Don’t forget to sign and share the petition! Sign Here |
 Consultation Call Out We are pleased to report that SHAC member, Peter Wyeth is now chair of the new A2 Dominion Residents’ Panel, and has been invited to attend the first meeting of all the chairs of G15 Resident panels. The G15 is a group of the largest housing association landlords headquartered in London, and the club was formed to collaborate and coordinate their policies. They are: A2Dominion, Clarion, Guinness, Hyde, L&Q, MTVHA, NHG, Peabody, Riverside, Southern, SNG. Peter is inviting SHAC members from any of these landlords to put forward discussion items for the chairs meeting on the 9th September that he may be able to raise with other panel chairs for joint action. Please forward topic suggestions to peterwyethchair@gmail.com with a brief one-paragraph description of the issue. Please send suggestions by the 2nd of September and include your… – Contact name – Landlord name – Block or estate name This is a unique opportunity to bring people together with direct access to some of the largest housing associations in the country. |
| Dates For Your Diary |
 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 28th August 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. |
 Forming a National Tenants & Residents Union: Conference Registration is now Open Please register so that we can assess the venue size needed. Whatever aspect of the housing crisis is affecting you, please join us to discuss forming a national, democratic body that will harness the might of the trade unions to genuinely empower tenants and residents. 11am – 4pm, Saturday 18th October London (venue to be confirmed) Online option available Please like and share: Bluesky ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram |
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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. |