Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · 2d

A great read! Thank you @housingsector.bsky.social.

More on the conference and National Tenants and Residents Union initiative here:
shaction.org/a-national-t...

Join SHAC free here
shaction.org/shac-registr...

1 1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · 11d

It's necessary. It's happening. Ben Jenkins & Housing Sector gave us the chance to explain plans for a genuinely democratic National Tenants' and Residents' Union.

Conference: 11-4 - 11th October

Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AG - and online.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZROt...

Housing Sector Podcast Episode #54 - The Case for a National Tenants and Residents Union

YouTube video by Housing Sector

www.youtube.com

1 2

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · 17d

SHAC Article: Plus Dane Charging Thousands for Services We Never See

shaction.org/2025/09/21/p...

📣 Plus Dane is financially exploiting tenants and residents.

✊ SHAC is supporting their fight back.

Social Housing Action CampaignPlus Dane Charging Thousands for Services We Never See

By Ella Austen The paperwork that ties me to Plus Dane Housing was written in 1989. I was a barely sentient one year old. My name isn’t on it. Plus Dane’s name isn’t on it. Yet somehow, this paperw…

shaction.org

1 1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · 20d

Thx @bbclondon.bsky.social for inviting SHAC to comment on a flawed @homebuildersfed.bsky.social report that urges cutting social housing targets. Actually, social housing should be funded through full council grant - it's more effective & pays for itself.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYM-...

SHAC on BBC Radio - London Housing Development

YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign

www.youtube.com

2 4

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · 29d

SHAC Article - A Million Empty Homes and a Housing Shortage

shaction.org/2025/09/09/a...

Underscoring the myth of a housing shortage. The real issue is a lack of genuinely affordable housing and the cause is a series of political decisions, all of which can be reversed. Join us to get better.

Social Housing Action CampaignA Million Empty Homes and a Housing Shortage

By Arti Dillon My experience tells me that having people shipped off to expensive locations isn’t new. As a teenager, we were placed in a hotel room in central London because we couldn’…

shaction.org

2

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Sep 4

SHAC and Members in the Press

Thx @privateeyenews.bsky.social for continuing to expose service charge abuse: it carries on, even after death and even as landlords admit overcharging. Welcome to the wild, wild west of unregulated housing association finances. SHAC campaigns to end this.

2 2

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social and all others who signed our open letter to Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner & @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social. Essential to create a faster, fairer system to resolve service charge disputes. More at petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 30

Done! Thank you Paula 🙂

1 1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 30

Join us at 6.30pm on Thursday 11th September in discussion with Adam Gabsi of Inclusion London to discuss discrimination in the housing sector against disabled people, disability benefit cuts, and working together for safe, accessible housing.

Online by Zoom: tinyurl.com/DisVizH

2 4

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks to BBC Sussex for inviting SHAC to comment on the Regulator of Social Housing finding Arun District Council guilty of neglecting the homes and neighbourhoods under its control - and doing so over a period of decades.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Ib...

SHAC on BBC Radio Sussex - Arun Council Disrepairs

YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign

www.youtube.com

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 24

Register now - spaces are limited!

The national tenants and residents union conference, 11am-4pm on Sat 11th Oct. Venue: the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ, with excellent tube / bus links. Zoom attendance also available.

tinyurl.com/STRUC25

Conference to Discuss Forming a National Tenants and Residents Union

SHAC is working towards a new, national, democratic tenants’ and residents’ union. In the autumn, we will bring together all interested parties and establish a working group to get the …

tinyurl.com

5 3

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 19

Surely a no-brainer for this government which claims to want to do more to protect tenants and residents from unscrupulous landlords? Petition here
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

1 2

Reposted by SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign

Housing Sector @housingsector.bsky.social · Aug 18

Housing Sector Podcast #49
Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?

Birmingham resident & H&S professional Mel Little exposes:

– Failed fire doors
– Blocked fire access
– Missing safety case files

youtu.be/UtwM07AbJv8

Housing Sector Podcast #49 Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?

YouTube video by Housing Sector

youtu.be

1 1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 15

Dean Kennedy - The Resident Who Sent Bailiffs into L&Q's Head Office

It started with a complaint about ASB and ended up with the resident sending court bailiffs to one of the largest housing associations in England (L&Q), to recover the compo he was awarded.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVY...

SHAC Film: The Resident Who Sent Bailiffs into L&Q's Head Office

YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign

www.youtube.com

1 5 7

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 12

SHAC Article - When it comes to service charges, tenants who pay additional charges are the forgotten victims - but they are victims. Michael explains.

shaction.org/2025/08/12/i...

Social Housing Action CampaignInvisible Tenants, Forgotten Victims

By Michael Savell, SHAC Committee Member It appears that anyone who rents a flat, or was unfortunate enough to have bought a share of a flat through shared ownership, has the same issues. High and …

shaction.org

2 1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 8

George writes about Abbeyfield England giving the appearance of quality controlling Abbeyfield alsmshouses, but without actually delivering accountability.

shaction.org/2025/08/08/t...

Social Housing Action CampaignThe Great Abbeyfield Illusion

By George Maurice I am a resident of Abbeyfield Chester, a retirement scheme that claims its residents enjoy supported housing with “high standards of accommodation, companionship and a support ser…

shaction.org

1 1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Aug 5

Celebrating the first 1,000 signatures on our newly launched Parliamentary Petition and Ben Jenkins, SHAC member and Housing Sector podcaster, invites you to imagine this 👇👇👇

#EndServiceChargeAbuse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPa...

Why We Need an Independent Body to Oversee Service Charges

YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign

www.youtube.com

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Jul 31

SHAC in the Press - With thanks to Private Eye for including SHAC comment on Anchor Hanover housing association. The organisation commercialised heavily after it merged, and then went into a governance tailspin. This is gambling with people's lives and not how we solve the housing crisis.

4 3

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Jul 30

SHAC Article - Jean's Story: Life and Death with Shared Ownership

Jean's personal story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system told through the eyes of her daughter Gill.

shaction.org/2025/07/30/j...

Social Housing Action CampaignJean’s Story: Life and Death with Shared Ownership

A story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system By Gill Perceval 2008 and Mum was living in a house in Langley. She was active, sociable and hands-on in helpi…

shaction.org

1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Jul 30

Brilliant work by English for Action - a genuine empowerment of their students. What an achievement!

englishforaction.bsky.social @englishforaction.bsky.social · Jul 28

Following months of grassroots organising, ESOL learners from our Tower Hamlets Housing Action Group held Clarion Housing to account over disrepair. A big win thanks to support from @shacaction.bsky.social and ongoing solidarity from @umakumaran.bsky.social 💥📣 #HousingJustice #EFAChange #ESOL

2

Reposted by SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign

englishforaction.bsky.social @englishforaction.bsky.social · Jul 28

Following months of grassroots organising, ESOL learners from our Tower Hamlets Housing Action Group held Clarion Housing to account over disrepair. A big win thanks to support from @shacaction.bsky.social and ongoing solidarity from @umakumaran.bsky.social 💥📣 #HousingJustice #EFAChange #ESOL

1 1

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Jul 24

▶️ Signing is not enough!

🚩 We need all to share and badger others to sign too!

🔥 #EndServiceChargeAbuse

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Create and fund third party regulator scheme for service charge disputes

Create a scheme where disputed service charges are payable to courts or similar body and only passed to landlords if they can prove the charge's legitimacy. Otherwise, the money returns to the tenant/...

petition.parliament.uk

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Jul 16

SHAC Article - Failure of antisocial behaviour (ASB) handling is getting worse, not better. The evidence is mounting up and our members have had enough.

shaction.org/2025/07/16/s...

Social Housing Action CampaignSocial Housing Antisocial Behaviour Crisis

Housing Associations Failing Tenants Despite Ombudsman Rulings By Dean Kennedy Despite falling national statistics in police-reported anti-social behaviour (ASB), social housing tenants continue to…

shaction.org

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Jul 11

Housing Crisis in the Workplace - our interim findings provide powerful evidence of the disruption caused by bad housing and failed policy is clear.

Housing in the Workplace Survey

Thank you for visiting our survey on the impact of housing problems in the workplace. We aim to measure the impact of the housing crisis. This will help our general campaigning, as well as our work…

shaction.org

SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign @shacaction.bsky.social · Jul 10

Access Denied: SHAC Responds.

The Ombudsman's report includes recommendations and ‘key learning’ for councils, but these include nothing they have not heard before. We need a report that proposes meaningful accountability for councils.

shaction.org/2025/07/10/a...

Social Housing Action CampaignAccess Denied – SHAC Responds

SHAC’S Response to the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman Housing Report for Disabled People In June 2025, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman published a report aimed at reduc…

shaction.org