Register of Racism and Resistance (RRR)

DWP algorithm wrongly flags 200,000 people for possible fraud and error
23 June 24
An analysis of figures obtained by Big Brother Watch reveals that a DWP algorithm used in an automated service has wrongly flagged 200,000 people as ‘high risk’ for fraud, resulting in faulty and costly investigations.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Grenfell and other bereaved families demand next PM act on public inquiries
14 June 24
On the seventh anniversary of the Grenfell fire, bereaved families join with those impacted by the infected blood scandal and Covid in an anniversary march under Grenfell Tower to demand that recommendations from public inquiries are acted on by the next government.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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BTP officers left homeless man to freeze to death outside Euston station on -4C night
12 June 24
An inquest finds that British Transport Police officers left a homeless man to freeze to death outside Euston station in -4°C temperatures in December 2023. Mohammed Akramuzzaman died from an alcohol-related condition and hypothermia, with the coroner concluding that an intervention ‘would have saved his life’.
Source: My London
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Councils move hundreds of homeless families out of London with 24-hour ultimatums
10 June 24
Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth finds that that councils forced 319 households permanently out of London in 2023, with many given 24-hour ultimatums and threatened with being made destitute, and one in 10 households placed in the northeast.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Quarter of councils spending 5% of budgets on temporary accommodation
5 June 24
Research by Generation Rent finds that a quarter of councils in England spent 5 percent of core spending power on temporary accommodation in 2022-23.
Source: MJ
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: UK
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Thousands of homeless people removed from Paris region in pre-Olympics ‘social cleansing’
3 June 24
In France, Le Revers de la Médaille, representing 90 groups, reports that thousands of homeless people, including asylum seekers, vulnerable families and children, have been removed from the Ile-de-France region to ‘socially cleanse’ the area for the Olympics.
Source: Guardian
Category: HOUSING | POVERTY | WELFARE
Country: France
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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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