In this episode our speakers Costa Christou and Hero Austin and Margaret Agyapong talk about the urgent issue of affordable and healthy homes.
As Chair of the Lambeth Community Land Trust, Costa who, along with the organisation Advocacy Academy, led a campaign using creative direct action, lobbying local councillors, and taking advice from a range of community members and organisations to ensure affordable housing was available in Lambeth, South London. He talks about how their years of campaigning resulted in a site on which to build affordable housing.
Hero and Margaret are from PEACH: People's Empowerment Alliance for Custom House. They talk about tactics used by the group to successfully campaign for their homes to be returned to council ownership and secure repairs and rent reductions for all.
Find out more about our speakers:
Costa Christou: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/affordable-housing-is-an-urgent-issue/
PEACH: https://economicinjustice.org.uk/peach-peoples-empowerment-alliance-for-custom-house/
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