housing

Hamilton, Ontario: Big Landlord Issues Mass Eviction Notices to Threaten Organized Tenants

Submitted by R Totale on Oct 13 2018 15:46

As the Stoney Creek Towers rent strike enters its sixth month, corporate landlord CLV is starting to lose it. This story previously appeared on It's Going Down and North Shore Counter-Info.

Rent Strike at Holgate Manor: Month Three

Submitted by R Totale on Oct 7 2018 15:07

Members of the Holgate Manor Tenant Union in Portland are now in the third month of their rent strike against Princeton Property Management and their California landlord, millionaire Fred Kleinbub, who have largely failed to meet the union’s demands.

Urgent Demo Callout By Glasgow Tenants! Shut Down Slum Landlords!

Submitted by AlfaGamma on Sep 29 2018 18:16

On Sunday the 30th of September a collective of Glasgow tenants is holding a demonstration against the eviction of a reclaimed slum tenement block by Police Scotland in alliance with notorious slumlord Harpal "Harry" Singh. Here is the text from their demo callout.

Glasgow Tenants Take Action Against Slumlords

Submitted by AlfaGamma on Sep 28 2018 21:12

On the 23rd of September a collective of Glasgow tenants took back a block of tenements from notorious slumlord Harpal Singh. This is their statement on the events that followed.

Jorge from Distrito 14 collective (Madrid) on the verge of imprisonment

Submitted by Dannny on Sep 23 2018 12:02

Article translated from the Madrid-based anarchist publication Todo Por Hacer relating to the likely jail time faced by anti-eviction activist Jorge Jiménez from the anti-capitalist, feminist and anti-fascist collective Distrito 14.
Original article here: https://www.todoporhacer.org/jorge-distrito-14/

Hamilton Tenant

A newsletter by and for tenants in Hamilton. The goal of this newsletter is to share the stories of working-class tenants in Hamilton and inspire each other in our collective struggle for better conditions in our homes and our lives.

Hamilton Rent Strikers Bring Demands to Landlord’s Doorstep in Ottawa

Submitted by R Totale on Aug 16 2018 18:44

Last weekend, striking tenants from the Stoney Creek Towers in Hamilton trekked to Ottawa with their supporters to confront the executives from InterRent, a Real Estate Investment Trust with an investment strategy based around displacing working-class tenants from their neighbourhoods.

Self-help housing in South America

WILLIAM MANGIN’s fascinating case-history of the human problems encountered in migration to the city and locating and housing a family in a “barriada” or squatters’ settlement, is reproduced by kind permission of Architectural Design.

The multiple family housing unit

TEDDY GOLD, born 1928, who describes here his proposal for a “Multiple Family Housing Unit” is warden of Harold House, Liverpool (89-93 Chatham Street, Liverpool 7).

Of course they are

Note, this article is a direct response to the previous one by Peter Neville.