London, UK. 1st May 2018. People hand out leaflets and listen to speeches at an emergency demonstration outside Lambeth Town Hall before Thursday's council elections calls for a public inquiry into Lambeth Labour's housing policy, an immediate halt to estate demolitions and a call to stop the privatisation via Homes for Lambeth which is leading to social cleansing. A Freedom of Information request by Brixton Buzz last month showed that the council built just 17 council homes with secure council tenancies between June 2014 and March 2018, despite claims in the current Lambeth Labour manifesto t
London, UK. 1st May 2018. People hand out leaflets and listen to speeches at an emergency demonstration outside Lambeth Town Hall before Thursday's council elections calls for a public inquiry into Lambeth Labour's housing policy, an immediate halt to estate demolitions and a call to stop the privatisation via Homes for Lambeth which is leading to social cleansing. A Freedom of Information request by Brixton Buzz last month showed that the council built just 17 council homes with secure council tenancies between June 2014 and March 2018, despite claims in the current Lambeth Labour manifesto to "build 1,000 extra homes at council rent by 2019. By early 2018 we had over 950 homes completed, being built or already approved by Lambeth's cabinet meaning that we will complete our ambitious programme of building 1,000 extra homes at council rent for local families." The actual number is thought only to be half that provided on the FOI request, either 8 or 9, around 1% of the council's claim. The council is engaged in a large-scale programme to demolish council estates together with private developers and replace them with expensive private housing with only a token proportion of social housing.
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