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Focus E15 Mothers socially distanced demo, Brimstone House hostel to Carpenters Estate where there are still 400 empty homes in the shadow of Westfield Shopping Centre, Stratford, Newham. © Jess Hurd
Solidarity chain linking the 1km distance from an overcrowded hostel in Newham (Brimstone House) to the hundreds of empty homes on a council estate around the corner (Carpenters Estate). A council estate right next to the Olympic stadium where 400 flats have been left empty to rot for over 13 years.
Newham council has the worst record on homelessness in the country and one of the highest mortality rates for COVID 19 – how dare the Labour council leave homes empty during a pandemic.
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Monday, June 29th, 2020 at 9:22 am
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 at 9:05 pm
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The Focus E15 Mothers are a group of vulnerable young mums who were threatened with eviction and rehousing outside London by Newham Council.
They won their fight to be rehoused, albeit in sub standard, overpriced, private London accommodation and are now are fighting for the issue of social housing versus gentrification.
The women and their supporters have occupied a small block of abandoned flats on the Carpenters Lane estate. It is shadowed by the Stratford Olympic site and glitzy glass blocks, that tower out of the rent reach of the original local population.
People seem very happy with the new residents, who have breathed life back into the boarded up houses. The mood was pretty jubilant, despite defeat in the court the Mothers campaign will see the opening up of up to 40 previously abandoned houses.
See my Guardian commissioned piece here:
The Focus E15 protests – in pictures | Cities | The Guardian
See Jason N. Parkinson’s Guardian video here:
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at 9:04 pm
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Carpenters Lane,
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Robin Wales,
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Police and firefighters attend a pallet fire on an industrial estate in Stephanson Street, with 02 in the background. Newham, East London.
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 4:56 pm