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More than 200 families split up by council’s housing department
CROYDON IN CRISIS: As it struggles to find suitable accommodation for the borough’s homeless families, official figures show that the council has split up one family placed in temporary accommodation for 12 years. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Official council figures, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Stuart King, Susmita Sen
Tagged Concord House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gilroy Court, Housing, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, STUART KING, Temporary accommodation, Thornton Heath, Tory, Windsor House
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Tenants in challenge to Mayor Perry over ‘uninhabitable’ flats
A group of residents placed in what they describe as “uninhabitable” temporary accommodation by Croydon Council have issued their own Christmas message – and a challenge to Tory Mayor Jason Perry. “Change needs to happen now,” says the Croydon Temporary … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, South West London Law Centres, Susmita Sen, Thornton Heath
Tagged BBC Newsnight, Concord House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Temporary Accommodation Campaign, Gilroy Court, Homelessness, Housing, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, South West London Law Centre, Susmita Sen, SWLLC, Sycamore House, Thornton Heath, Tory, Windsor House
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Disabled resident’s harrowing plea: ‘I don’t want to be in here’
After a decade of complaints and media exposés, living conditions endured in council temporary accommodation in Thornton Heath remain a scandal. By STEVEN DOWNES Gilroy Court, the budget hotel in Thornton Heath which Croydon and other councils use for temporary … Continue reading
Podcast: ‘My living nightmare in temporary accommodation’
Last week, we published the account by SHANTAL MOSES (left) of her lockdown year spent with her young son in inadequate and dangerous accommodation provided by Croydon Council. This is Croydon’s real housing crisis, another aspect of the appalling conditions … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, Under The Flyover
Tagged Gilroy Court, ITV News, Shantal Moses, Thornton Heath
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‘My family’s hell on earth’: 18 months in a Croydon B&B
The appalling conditions in council flats in Regina Road is just one aspect in which Croydon Council is failing residents. It is nearly 10 years since Croydon Council was exposed for using sub-standard and dangerous B&B bedrooms in a Thornton … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Gilroy Court, Labour, Shantal Moses, Willis Court
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