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Living Rent Members in Troglen Secure Victory: Action Against Damp, Mould, and Unsafe Living Conditions Leads to Immediate Results!
Living Rent members at Sanctuary Housing in Troglen banded together out of concern for damp and mould in their homes, clogged gutters, and woodlice on the balconies. Residents banded together and took action- submitting a petition with over 70 signatures demanding a meeting with Sanctuary’s Housing Director, and marching on the central office. Within a week, results were secured, just in time for Christmas!
Living Rent Glasgow Fights Back and Wins Against Unjust 38% Rent Hike!
Living Rent Glasgow took action when members Thotha and Ramasundari were served with a shocking 38% rent increase without warning. When we demanded answers, the landlords refused to meet, saying they didn’t “see any need to discuss it further.” So, they took action. Members marched into their offices as a group, forced a negotiation, and won! This is what collective action looks like!
Living Rent Glasgow Demands 25% Social Housing in New Builds with “Wheel of Misfortune” Action
Living Rent Glasgow hosted a “Wheel of Misfortune” action, attended by over 100 people, to expose to Glasgow City Council some of serious impacts of complete lack of social housing and the crisis of affordability. Living Rent is rallying for 25% of all new builds in the city to be social homes. When we fight together, we win!
Living Rent Glasgow Takes on Sanctuary House Over Mold-Inducing Neglect
Living Rent Glasgow rallied at the offices of Sanctuary House, demanding the clogged gutters get cleaned. Even though these overflowing gutters are a major source of mold in the building, Sanctuary House refused to listen, but Living Rent is refusing to back down. When we fight together, we win!
Living Rent Glasgow Campaigns for 25% Affordable Housing in All New Developments
Living Rent Glasgow is campaigning the Glasgow City Council to implement NPF4, which would see developers having to commit to a minimum of 25% genuinely affordable housing in their new builds. As history tells us, community resistance and direct action are essential for winning our demands.
We want social housing, not luxury flats!
Living Rent Glasgow Launches New Toryglen Chapter with Campaign for Clean Gutters.
In June, Living Rent Glasgow successfully launched a new chapter in Toryglen. Members unanimously voted on their first campaign: to get Sanctuary Housing to clean the clogged gutters, which will protect the and they elected their first committee!
ACORN Scotland: Elections, Evictions, and May Day Celebrations
Living Rent, ACORN International’s branch in Scotland, has been hard at work recently defending members against landlords, protesting forced evictions, and speaking out against injustices in their local communities.
Here’s what they’ve been up to lately:
EVICTIONS
Living Rent continues their ongoing campaign against evictions, with members being featured in the media in their fight against unfair or forced evictions.
Living Rent: Croftamie member Marjorie was threatened with eviction for not “having a durable connection to the area”, also known as: xenophobiaEvictions have been widespread in Scotland, including areas such as North Lanarkshire, Govanhill, Edinburgh, and Pollokshields. Tenants have been threatened and intimidated by landlords, and have also been subjected to inhospitable living conditions, including intense mold.
Living Rent’s response has been to file for an extension on the eviction ban, and group support to protect individual members.
ELECTIONS
Scotland recently held elections for the next Government, and Living Rent worked to raise awareness among voters to boost their familiarity on candidate and party policies on relevant issues to each Living Rent branch, such as the developing housing crisis, arrears, rising rents, and climate change.
Check out the link to find out more, get involved, and take action with Living Rent.
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