Register of Racism and Resistance (RRR)

Millions living in ‘dangerous’ homes that put people’s health at risk, charities say
22 April 24
A coalition of charities, including the Race Equality Foundation, warns that 8 million people living in 3.7 million ‘dangerous’ homes in both the private rented and owner-occupied sectors are at risk of ill-health caused by substandard housing, putting ‘enormous strain’ on an overstretched NHS.
Source: Morning Star
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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French police evict hundreds of migrants from a Paris warehouse ahead of the Olympics
17 April 24
In Vitry-sur-Seine, southern Paris, France, police evict hundreds of migrants from the capital’s biggest squat in line with a push by the authorities to dismantle homeless and migrant camps ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, which aid organisations describe as ‘social cleansing’.
Source: Le Monde
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: France
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Number of asylum seekers left homeless after Home Office eviction soars
10 April 24
  The Refugee Council reports an increase of 239% in homelessness among newly recognised refugees, to 12,630 households in the 2 years to September 2023, caused by a Home Office transition system ‘dysfunctional by design and discriminatory in delivery’.
Source: Refugee Council
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Allocation of housing cash in Southwark could entrench social divide, warn critics
8 April 24
Southwark Liberal Democrats raise fears that the borough is sleepwalking towards social segregation after it was revealed that new council homes funded by developers are concentrated in the poorest areas .
Source: London News Online
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Two-thirds of children’s social workers see families living in ‘excessive’ mould or damp
4 April 24
Two-thirds of children’s social workers report seeing families living in homes with excessive mould or damp, according to a survey by the Social Workers Union.
Source: Inside Housing
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Lewisham Council blames damp problem on family’s lifestyle
14 March 24
An Ombudsman awards a family £20,000 against Lewisham council for a decade of damp and mould which spread to mattresses and a baby’s cot, which the council blamed on the family’s lifestyle.
Source: News Shopper
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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People experiencing homelessness “always at the bottom of the pile” when trying to access healthcare services, report finds
13 March 24
A report from Pathway and Crisis, Always at the bottom of the pile, reveals how, in the housing and health crises, discrimination, inflexibility and stigma create obstacles to access to health care for homeless people.
Source: Pathway
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Call for refugees in UK to have twice as long to find homes after hotel evictions
13 March 24
Homelessness and refugee charities call for refugees to be given twice as long to find their own accommodation after their grant of status, when they face eviction from asylum hotels, as the number of refugees sleeping rough in London has soared by almost 1000% since July 2023.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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‘Not fit for human habitation’ – the families still languishing in Acton’s unsafe shipping container estate
13 March 24
Residents of Meath Court, a block of 60 shipping containers erected seven years ago as ‘temporary’ accommodation, begin legal action against Ealing Council, saying the block is unfit for human habitation, dangerous and degrading to live in.
Source: Standard
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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‘Coercive’ council compelled residents back to Barton House, Tower Blocks UK says
12 March 24
Tower Blocks UK accuses Bristol Council of discrimination and coercion as residents subjected to an emergency evacuation from Barton Tower in November 2023 due to serious safety concerns say they are being coerced into returning by threats that otherwise they will be deemed ‘intentionally homeless’ and removed from temporary accommodation.
Source: Inside Housing
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Mapped: Where tenants are most likely to live in an unfit home in England
11 March 24
Tenants in Yorkshire and the northwest of England are suffering from the worst housing conditions in the country, finds the People’s Health Trust, with renters almost twice as likely as others to live in conditions that do not meet the decent home standard.
Source: Independent
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Revealed: homeless children spending entire lives in temporary housing in England
9 March 24
New research finds that, with a record 109,000 homeless households including 142,490 children in temporary accommodation between July and September last year, some children are now spending their entire childhoods in ‘temporary’ homeless persons’ accommodation.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Housing crisis: Near Lisbon, poor workers are living in makeshift camps
8 March 24
An investigation by Le Monde finds that on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal, an increasing number of often poorly paid foreign workers, mainly Brazilians, facing unaffordable rents, are forced to live in makeshift camps.
Source: Le Monde
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: Portugal
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Fresh £450m funding round opens for council refugee housing scheme with focus on new-build
8 March 24
The third round of the Local Authority Housing Fund, which offers councils funding to combat homelessness, including providing accommodation to resettled Ukrainian and Afghan refugees, is expanded by £450m.
Source: Housing Today
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Around 100 Ukrainians and Moldovans evicted from building in Schaerbeek
8 March 24
Police evict around 100 squatters, mostly Moldovans with some Ukrainians, from a building in the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek, Belgium after time ran out for a negotiated temporary occupation agreement supported by the municipality and the building’s owner.
Source: Brussels Times
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: Belgium
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