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May 2016

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Housing is a Mental Health Issue

Stratford, London. Sat 21 May 2016

  
 
 

 

 Another woman who was put into B&B Boundary House in Welwyn Garden City with her 3 children by Newham, then moved to Basildon

 

 Young protesters - their family has been evicted several times

 A poet reads a poem written for the protest

 

 

 Newham moved people out of the Carpenters Estate from 2004. Many homes in good condition stay empty, while

 they move the poor and homeless out of London, telling them they can't afford to live in London - although many
have jobs and families etc here. Regeneration is being used as an excuse for social cleansing, with expensive new
properties replacing what was social housing. The council wanted to sell the Carpenters Estate for a university
campus and other schemes - anything but use it for housing social tenants. Its a well designed high quality
estate, built to spacious standards. Focus E15 say 'repopulate the Carpenters Estate'.

 
 
 

 

Mayor of Newham Robin Wales is seen as repsonsible for the programme of social cleansing of Newham 

The 'Repopulate the Carpenters Estate' banner is rolled out 

 

Nicole from Butterfields speaks about their estate's fight against eviction after the whole estate was sold behind their backs 

 

getting ready for more photographs before the march 
   

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