Nick Phillips of London Unemployed Strategies will be holding a training session for Lambeth and Southwark benefit claimants on Friday 20th May between 12-2pm at Stockwell Park Community Centre. Please come along to learn about the changes to the Universal Credit system, avoiding sanctions and details how the Housing Bill will impact you. The Lambeth and Southwark branches of Unite Community will kindly be supporting us. 
Tag: HOUSING BILL
Demonstration against Housing Bill – 5th January
The Housing Bill is a major threat to the right of unemployed and low-waged people to stay living in London. Among its main proposals are:
- Enabling Housing Associations to sell off their homes, similar to the Councils Right To Buy schemes
- Introducing ‘Pay To Stay’ schemes that could force families in council flats with an overall income of £40,000 in London (£30,000 everywhere else) to pay the market rent
- Changing secure council tenancies to fixed contracts of 2-5 years, after which they could be evicted
If you are concerned about this then please use the doc below to write to your MP:
http://www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk/dch/resources/LettertoMPs.pdf
For more info read this:
http://www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk/dch/resources/KtHBbriefingJan2016.pdf
