| Stop Press! |
 SHAC (and Members) in the Observer – Service Charge Abuse Exposé The Observer worked with SHAC and featured some of our members in a major exposé of service charge abuse this weekend. It covers many aspects of the scandal, including how landlords leap into action if people stop paying service charges but refuse to engage with requests for information about baffling and extortionate costs. We highlight our demands for new laws to more easily enable tenants and residents to challenge service charges, with a regulator to oversee them. We also highlight the need for meaningful penalties for landlords who abuse the service charge system. Please like and share! The more likes and shares the article gets, the more the Observer is likely to report on these issues: Read: Residents Trapped with £8000 Charges Read: There’s No Way I Can Pay Share: Bluesky – Twitter – Facebook – Instagram |
| 2025 Meeting and Protest Dates |
 Meeting: 6.30pm ~ Wednesday 5th March Social Housing Online Exhibition Inspired by Carl Davis’s article on the Hard Graft exhibition, we aim to curate an online exhibition showing both the positive and negative impact on tenants and residents of living in social housing. Our meeting will begin the planning process and is open to all interested. 6.30pm ~ Wednesday 5th March Zoom Link ~ ID: 832 8333 4555 ~ Passcode: 337269 Add to calendar |
 Housing Protest: 11am, Wednesday 26th March, Parliament Housing coalition Homes for All is inviting everyone to join a housing protest and lobby of Parliament. The coalition, which includes SHAC, is calling for government action to ease the housing crisis such as rent controls and mass council house building, fully funded through a wealth tax. You can download the flyer here. |
 SHAC Campaign Update Meeting Our monthly SHAC meetings report on progress across all campaigns and allow members to share actions and events: 6.30pm, Thursday 20th March 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. |
 Join Nextdoor Nextdoor Network 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. 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. Some of our members have been very successful in using it to raise awareness of SHAC’s work, in one case getting 1,800 views for a single post, and recruiting neighbours who are also residents of her landlord. |
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