*London Housing Action Now
Meeting 27 October 2008
MOTH Bar*
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People came from groups including: *
London Coalition Against Poverty (LCAP)
Hackney Solidarity Network
Campaign Against Immigration Controls (CAIC)
Private Equity Creative Action Network (PECAN)
Action East End (Save Queen's Market, Save Bancroft Library)
Camden Association of Private Tenants
Rampart
Shelter
Defend Council Housing
*this is an incomplete list as I was not taking notes at this point. please
add.
*Things the group would like to do (in no particular order):*
1. Share skills in neighbourhood resistance practices that work
2. Understand what questions are facing us in our local initiatives
3. Host a London-wide convergence to share skills and answer questions. We
talked about using the Right to the City as a framework for this.
4. Engage in organising activities locally (some are doing this already)
i.e. mutual support for migrants, people being evicted, foreclosures,
setting up autonomous neighbourhood councils, holding onto social housing
etc.
5. Map housing initiatives and their histories in London (ala mig map. see
http://www.transitmigration.org/migmap/)
6. Network ourselves and other groups working on housing and neighbourhood
issues in London (i.e. against evictions, migrant housing and support
groups i.e. against raids, poverty issues, gentrification, financialisation
of real estate, squatting, mutual support etc)
7. Website for sharing information and ideas (see the blog set up for now:
http://londonhousingactionnow.wordpress.com/)
*Next Meeting*
*19 November, 7:30 PM*
*Cock Tavern*
23 Phoenix Road
London, NW1 1HB
Nearest Transport: Euston
Map:
http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/bar-pub/1q72j66/the-cock-ta...
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