Locals say empty homes are being let to fall into a state of disrepair so that Lambeth Council can sell them off.
Many residents feel the impending dread of being relocated. But they say this isn’t helped, as homes are let to fall into disrepair because the Council want to demolish them.
Save Central Hill is a community group that fights against demolitions that “disrupt communities, damage the environment and do not house the homeless”.
Today, Lambeth council will be putting one of their houses on auction, that could house two large families.
This adds to the existing worries of residences who are losing their homes to be demolished or sold to private owners.
Leader of Save Central Hill and former Green Party Councillor Pete Elliot says that Lambeth council has not taken the residents into account when selling empty homes for demolition.
He claims the Council is intentionally letting empty houses get to a state of being uninhabitable.
He said: “I have never smelt anything so bad in my life, left abandoned for 3-4 years, all the letters in the door matts turned into sludge and mushrooms were growing out of it, you could taste this awful smell.”
Lambeth Housing Cabinet Member, Danial Adilypour, apologised in a council meeting to the residents on Fenwick Estate and Central Hill on the slow progress of the project “Mistakes have been made, lessons will be learnt and [we will] make it better for the future”.
In the 2017 cabinet report, Lambeth housing said they want to provide high quality, well-designed, energy efficient, accessible new homes that are cost effective. According to the report, 55% of council tenants at Central Hill support the project.
There are tensions between Save Central Hill and Lambeth Council in terms of what is best for housing residents and whether regeneration or refurbishment is applicable.
Lambeth Council refused to make a statement.
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StandfirstLambeth council are in the process of demolishing and rebuilding estates rather than refurbishing and rehoming existing council homes.
Locals say empty homes are being let to fall into a state of disrepair so that Lambeth Council can sell them off.
Many residents feel the impending dread of being relocated. But they say this isn’t helped, as homes are let to fall into disrepair because the Council want to demolish them.
Save Central Hill is a community group that fights against demolitions that “disrupt communities, damage the environment and do not house the homeless”.
Today, Lambeth council will be putting one of their houses on auction, that could house two large families.
This adds to the existing worries of residences who are losing their homes to be demolished or sold to private owners.
Leader of Save Central Hill and former Green Party Councillor Pete Elliot says that Lambeth council has not taken the residents into account when selling empty homes for demolition.
He claims the Council is intentionally letting empty houses get to a state of being uninhabitable.
He said: “I have never smelt anything so bad in my life, left abandoned for 3-4 years, all the letters in the door matts turned into sludge and mushrooms were growing out of it, you could taste this awful smell.”
Lambeth Housing Cabinet Member, Danial Adilypour, apologised in a council meeting to the residents on Fenwick Estate and Central Hill on the slow progress of the project “Mistakes have been made, lessons will be learnt and [we will] make it better for the future”.
In the 2017 cabinet report, Lambeth housing said they want to provide high quality, well-designed, energy efficient, accessible new homes that are cost effective. According to the report, 55% of council tenants at Central Hill support the project.
There are tensions between Save Central Hill and Lambeth Council in terms of what is best for housing residents and whether regeneration or refurbishment is applicable.
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