Tag Archives: Fransoy Hewitt

Tenants’ despair and politicians’ disdain: Britain’s slum crisis

Posted on September 10, 2021 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES on the television documentary being broadcast on Sunday night which seems certain to shock the nation and pour shame on Croydon Council all over again You might think you couldn’t be shocked any more. But you’d be wrong. … Continue reading →

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Residents’ group pledges to keep up the fight for decent homes

Posted on June 9, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Three months after a TV news report shocked the nation, tenants in South Norwood council flats say they are still being let down by the council The residents’ group that was set up in South Norwood as … Continue reading →

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‘None of the tenants in Croydon trust anybody in the council’

Posted on May 18, 2021 by insidecroydon

By STEVEN DOWNES The council took the unusual step last night of inviting one of the people it is supposed to serve, a resident, a council tenant, to speak at its Town Hall cabinet meeting. What Fransoy Hewitt said, her … Continue reading →

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‘Appalled’ Jenrick seeks ‘urgent answers’ over Croydon flats

Posted on March 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has been roundly criticised for its failures to act over the chronic and dangerous water leaks and long-term damp in its block of flats in South Norwood. The appalling conditions – described as “the worst I have ever … Continue reading →

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‘Is it because the council don’t care? Where is their humanity?’

Posted on March 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

Millions around the country were shocked when they saw a television news report last night which showed the appalling – and dangerous – conditions tenants in a council-owned block in South Norwood have had to endure for months. Here, the … Continue reading →

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Croydon shamed over ‘dangerous squalor’ in council flats

Posted on March 22, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council is effectively bankrupt, after lending £200m to a house-building firm that delivered just three purpose-built council homes in five years. Yet some of the council’s existing housing stock has been shamefully neglected, according to a … Continue reading →

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