{"id":39984,"date":"2024-05-21T17:37:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39984"},"modified":"2024-05-21T17:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:37:50","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-activists-occupy-london-house-set-for-demolition-by-not-for-profit-housing-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39984","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Activists occupy London house set for demolition by \u2018not-for-profit\u2019 housing association"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22888\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/empty_homes_UKLocalGov_040619.png\" alt=\"houses\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Housing and climate campaigners are occupying a house in south-east London in protest against its planned demolition and the \u2018crime\u2019 of leaving empty homes boarded up amid a housing crisis, reports the <em>Morning Star<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Morning Star<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Protesters from Radical Housing Network and other groups marched to the head office of \u2018not-for profit\u2019 housing association Peabody on Saturday before occupying the three-bedroom property on the Lesnes estate in Thamesmead. It was one of many Housing Rebellion protests that day\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Bill Perry of the network said that the protesters were demanding a \u2018radically new approach\u2019 to housing, one \u2018for need, not greed,\u2019 and \u2018not a housing policy that focuses on privatising public land and housing to make profits for developers and property speculators.\u2019..<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 A Peabody spokesperson said its priority is to provide affordable housing and support local communities\u2026 \u2018The regeneration of South Thamesmead is already seeing us deliver brand new social homes for hundreds of local people\u2026 \u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/morningstaronline.co.uk\/article\/b\/activsts-occupy-house-set-demolition-not-profit-housing-association\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing and climate campaigners are occupying a house in south-east London in protest against its planned demolition and the \u2018crime\u2019 of leaving empty homes boarded up amid a housing crisis, reports the Morning Star. image for illustration: Open Government Licence &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39984\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39985,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39984\/revisions\/39985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}