Who voted for this
Interviews with people dealing with housing problems and welfare cuts. Dislike for those who let it all happen.
Kate Belgrave
Journalist and blogger
Contact:
kate@katebelgrave.com
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Who voted for this
Is Newham council evicting poor people into red alert summer heat?
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My source says Yes.
The council says nothing.
A whistleblower tells me that Newham council has a new policy and a team to forcefully moving homeless people in temporary housing into even worse temporary housing because it is cheaper.
Families get very little notice. A council officer calls them on a burner phone and says the family has to move to the cheaper and crappier place immediately, or they'll have no housing at all. .
My sources tell me that in the recent heatwave, one family was evicted onto the street - on a boiling hot red alert day. Councils are supposed to get people inside on those days, not push them out.
Families I've spoken to say that the "housing" they're pushed into is filthy, has no hot water, is filled with mice and mouldy. Great
I've asked and asked and asked the council for comment on all of this but it's all very quiet over there. Perhaps this will inspire them.
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