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Subject: [LCAP News] Hungry for Housing! Hackney Residents Fasting Day
From:    "LCAP" <londoncoalitionagainstpoverty at gmail.com>
Date:    Wed, March 31, 2010 8:55 am
To:      lcap_news at lists.riseup.net
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*HUNGRY FOR HOUSING!*

* The Hackney Housing Group will fast on Friday 9th April 11 am – 6.30*.

 The Hackney housing group, who are homeless people and people in bad
housing, are fasting for one day outside Hackney Town Hall. Come and give us
support!

 There will be free children’s activities all day in the town hall square
-come and get involved!

At 6 pm there will be a free meal and demonstration outside Hackney Town
Hall in support of our demands. We will be breaking our fast with a free
meal in Hackney Town Hall Square.

Contact Hackney Housing Group for more information on –

07931 698 438 or 0207 247 6101

londoncoalitionagainstpoverty at gmail.com

*Why are we fasting?*

 Nearly 2000 Hackney residents are in temporary accommodation, while 17,
604
households are in overcrowded, unsuitable accommodation and urgently need to
move. Yet Boris Johnson has just awarded Hackney Council *£1.3 million* to
refurbish Kingsland Road as part of the city’s improvements for the 2012
Olympics!

 Instead of spending our money on cosmetic improvements, we’re asking
Hackney Council to look at housing conditions; stop trimming the gardens and
consider the broken, mouldy, dirty homes people are forced to live in.

 We are asking for support from all parts of the community. Please
consider
signing your organisations name to the Housing Group’s demands which are in
brief:

*We demand more social housing**. The Council must spend what resources they
have on social housing, not ‘affordable’ housing and increase their social
housing stock.*

*We demand that the Council’s housing and overcrowding strategies must be
rewritten.** They do not meet our needs. *Hackney's strategy for
'affordable
housing' will help none of us. Affordable housing is not affordable!

The Housing group’s demands can be read at www.lcap.org.uk

We would be honoured if you would attend and /or help us publicise this
important event. Let’s make the council see that improvements need to be
made for the community, not just tourists!

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