Running time: 7 mins 23 secs
In response to the rapidly escalating housing crisis, homeless families from Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL) and their supporters marched to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to attempt to deliver an eviction notice to Michael Gove.
With over 140,000 homeless children in England alone, families trapped in cramped, hazardous hotel accommodation for weeks and months on end, severe overcrowding, and children having to travel across London to school because they’ve been put in temporary accommodation out of their boroughs, the solution is simple: invest in high quality council housing, especially 3,4 and 5 bedroom houses – and put an end to a market driven system for profit that does not deliver the housing that people need.
Housing Action Southwatk and Lambeth are dealing with people housing problems every day – as well as organising and taking direct action to solve the housing crisis. You can get involved at housingactionsl.org, or via the social media platforms shown at the end of the video.
