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SHAC Article: Right to Manage, Tenant Management Orgs & Social Housing Coops all give opportunities for democratic self-management of estates.

shaction.org/2025/04/12/h...

For those interested in exploring further, our excellent piece by Francesco Gurriere takes you through some guidance.
Social Housing Action CampaignHow We Took Control of our Building: A Resident’s Journey to Acquire the Right to Manage
By Francesco Guerrieri Housing maintenance issues and service charge disputes are among the most challenging aspects of being a resident in the UK today. Many leaseholders, council tenants, and hou…
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April 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Carl Davis writes ... Landlords now seem to feel that meeting their legal obligations under the Equality Act is an optional extra, and not a matter of compliance.

#DisabilityVisibility

shaction.org/2025/04/05/t...
Social Housing Action CampaignThe Equality Act: Option or Obligation?
Or: The passive optionalisation of the Equality Act 2010 and the need for proactive Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) compliance and enforcement. By Carl Davis The passive ‘optionalisation’ of the…
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April 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Thanks @jonungoedthomas.bsky.social & Guardian for quoting SHAC & highlighting how service charges are kept artificially low at point of sale, then skyrocket after, pricing people out of their homes. We're working with PILC to expose & #EndServiceChargeAbuse.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK housing associations accused of mis-selling ‘affordable’ homes as service charges soar by up to 400%
Buyers say they were misled over likely rise in costs after they moved in, which are now ‘ruining people’s lives’
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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"If the Labour Party was led by anybody else, it would be 20 points ahead in the polls"
February 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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So after 14 years of the Tories punishing, impoverishing hounding and scapegoating people on benefits to distract from the rich trebling their wealth, the Labour Party is promising a crackdown on … benefits claimants
January 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM