Halloween hecklers haunt Hackney
Oct 22 2007 11:58
CALL TO ACTION: Halloween Picket at Hackney Council Meeting to demand housing rights!
WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER 6 - 7:30 PM
Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street E8 [ http://www.tiny.cc/vdevt]
Contact: 07932241737
londoncoalitionagainstpoverty@gmail.com
This Halloween we demand our rights!
'A NIGHT LEFT ON MARE ST' - Hackney council turns the homeless away
London Coalition Against Poverty have called for people to picket the Hackney Council meeting this Halloween. Hackney Council's Homeless Person's Unit (HPU) has been systematically denying people their rights.This picket will demand that the council immediately halt these illegal and unjust practices.
Come show your solidarity and join in the picket! Come to the picket dressed as something scary and send shivers up the councillor's spines -bring noisemakers if you'd like to.
More info:
London Coalition against Poverty (LCAP) has been at Hackney Housing Needs office since July 2007, and we have seen time and again that homeless people are turned away unlawfully. Hackney Council cares more about balancing their budget through not housing people then about their residents needs. They try to delay or stop people making a homeless application, and to achieve this the staff often act in an intimidating and sometimes abusive way. Because of this "gate keeping" at the housing needs office many vulnerable people and families are left on the street or other insecure, dangerous places. Hackney Council will be held accountable for the gatekeeping at the Housing office.
LCAP demands:
- An end to gate keeping at Hackney HPU
- Stop the intimdation of people that approach the HPU
- Genuinely affordable housing to rent in Hackney - no more people chased
out of the borough
LCAP will continue to haunt Hackney Council until these changes are made.
TRICK OR TREAT THE COUNCIL!
Oct 22 2007 12:19
#2
er... that's a bit worrying as i thought the text was clear and explainatory. 
Oct 22 2007 13:03
#3
ah, no i get the jist - 'hey hackney council, you're turning people away because you've got short arms and deep pockets! that's like dead nasty!'
i guess i'm a geek who likes to know all the details beforehand...
Oct 22 2007 13:31
#4
Ftony, LCAP has a meeting at the anarchist bookfair this saturday, at 5pm. You'll be able to get more details there, also there'll be more details in the first issue of our newsletter which will be out on saturday, and will be emailed to all our contacts.
Oct 22 2007 14:03
#5
rock n roll. also want to talk about the IWW in relation to LCAP. a couple of your lot came to an IWW meeting a while back but nothing came of it
Oct 22 2007 16:56
#6
Well I personally emailed you a couple of weeks ago with a proposal for cooperation on a project early next year! I'll pm you with it on here. Though not until tomorrow. 
Oct 23 2007 09:54
#7
oh. i don't think we got it. yeah, PM me, it's probably more reliable...
don't know about half the stuff you're talking about as i know bugger all about housing, but i will do my best to make it to this as i'd like to meet some of the LCAPers...