Social housing, not social cleansing!’ Homeless mothers & kids fight back by occupying London flats http://therebel.org/en/rt/798658-social-housing-not-social-cleansing-homeless-mothers-kids-fight-back-by-occupying-london-flats

Social housing, not social cleansing!’ Homeless mothers & kids fight back by occupying London flats

http://therebel.org/en/rt/798658-social-housing-not-social-cleansing-homeless-mothers-kids-fight-back-by-occupying-london-flats

Image from the Focus E15 Mothers facebook page

Protesting against the lack of affordable social housing in an East London borough, a group of 29 homeless single mothers and their children have occupied a block of flats to demand action on the city’s housing crisis.
The group, calling itself “Focus E15,” complained that an estate in Stratford was almost empty, having been cleared by the local council, while increasing numbers of local people could not afford to buy or rent a home.
The women said people were facing homelessness and displacement due to the lack of affordable and social housing in London. They called for “social housing, not social cleansing”.