London, UK, 6th October 2016. Tanya Murat of Southwark Defend Council Housing speaks outside RIBA as people arrived for the Stirling Prize award. She made the case for building more council housing rather than carrying out social cleansing project which force Londoners out of London such as one of the shortlisted projects, Trafalgar Place, was built on the demolished Heygate Estate, which campaigners say was 'stolen from the people'. THousdands of social housing tenants and leaseholders were forced out from thisthe estate and the site sold at one tenth of its value to the developers. © Peter M
London, UK, 6th October 2016. Tanya Murat of Southwark Defend Council Housing speaks outside RIBA as people arrived for the Stirling Prize award. She made the case for building more council housing rather than carrying out social cleansing project which force Londoners out of London such as one of the shortlisted projects, Trafalgar Place, was built on the demolished Heygate Estate, which campaigners say was 'stolen from the people'. THousdands of social housing tenants and leaseholders were forced out from thisthe estate and the site sold at one tenth of its value to the developers. Prominent among the protesters were those from the Aylesbury estate, next door to Heygate, where Southwark Council are attempting a similar act of 'social cleansing', replacing social housing by properties for the wealthy and overseas investors. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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