Heygate Estate redevelopment: just 79 social rented units out of a total 2,535 new homes

[ViolentPanda]

It will be interesting to see what the new mayor does. Most of the councils shafting their residents are Labour. (In name at least.)

The new mayor has decided to do fuck-all. Not a surprise to those of us who knew how deep in the pockets of property developers both he and Goldsmith were and are.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Khan's strategy is to annoy as few people as possible so he's in the running for Labour leader next time it comes up.

Yep, he's ambitious as fuck. Sadly, he's not talented.

 

[Chz]

Yep, he's ambitious as fuck. Sadly, he's not talented.

In another era, I'd agree that he's of middling competence. But versus the shower of bastards (in all parties) that we have now, he looks brilliant.

 

[ViolentPanda]

In another era, I'd agree that he's of middling competence. But versus the shower of bastards (in all parties) that we have now, he looks brilliant.

Sadly true. They're all "machine politicians", but he is, as you say, somewhat competent. Measure that against some of the moral and intellectual vacuums in the Parliamentary Labour Party, and Khan is a fucking giant among men!

 

[Sasaferrato]

Sadly true. They're all "machine politicians", but he is, as you say, somewhat competent. Measure that against some of the moral and intellectual vacuums in the Parliamentary Labour Party, and Khan is a fucking giant among men!

Dent Coad is certainly amongst the thickest, if not the thickest.

 

[friendofdorothy]

item on radio today about people being rehoused miles away from where they live, with hundreds of londons being housed all over the place as far away as Glasgow.
Southwark had the highest number - with over 1100 households rehoused outside the borough.

 

[ViolentPanda]

item on radio today about people being rehoused miles away from where they live, with hundreds of londons being housed all over the place as far away as Glasgow.
Southwark had the highest number - with over 1100 households rehoused outside the borough.

We've had over-crowded people on Cressingham "offered" much larger properties in Brum, Leeds and Rotherham.

 

[friendofdorothy]

We've had over-crowded people on Cressingham "offered" much larger properties in Brum, Leeds and Rotherham.

shit.

 

[ViolentPanda]

shit.

Yep, it is, isn't it?

We've heard the same from people in Southwark, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Haringey, Hammersmith and Fulham, Sutton and Merton too. People offered places as far north as Cumbernauld and Sunderland.

Of course, when I say "offered", I mean that they either accept, or get dropped from the housing list, so basically "Hobson's Choice".

 

[sealion]

A recent piece on the gentrifiction process at the Heygate.
Southwark Notes - whose regeneration?

 

[editor]

A recent piece on the gentrifiction process at the Heygate.
Southwark Notes - whose regeneration?

Fuck's sake. That's so depressing.

 

[not-bono-ever]

The New build flats are currently being heavily marketed in metro China - business rags have sycophantic articles on how great the area is for investment. Discounts of Something like 15-20% to list being offered to cash buyers. It’s a fucking goldmine

 

[hash tag]

Sorry, but did anyone expect any different?
If you look at all the artist mock ups for new developments in Wandsworth, they all show affluent, white middle class type people.
There is no room for anyone else; the elderly, non-whites, the disabled, the less well off.....
Yes it stinks, yes it's shit and sad...............The RAM Quarter | Welcome

 

[sealion]

Sorry, but did anyone expect any different?

No, i think it's important to log what these cunts are up to, hence my post

 

[sealion]

The article isn't just about whitewashing either!

 

[friendofdorothy]

A recent piece on the gentrifiction process at the Heygate.
Southwark Notes - whose regeneration?

if its a video to promote the area to the far east cash buyer - then they probably want to show what the chinese expect 'English' people to look like. I wonder if the average chinese millionaire investor thinks about diversity?

 

[sealion]

I wonder if the average chinese millionaire investor thinks about diversity?

I doubt it when a lot of these properties are bought and flipped before the construction is completed. I would imagine proximity to zone 1 and the city is more a factor for them.

 

[agricola]

Something to wind people up of a morning:



Is there a more contemptible political faction than Progress?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Something to wind people up of a morning:



Is there a more contemptible political faction than Progress?

No.

 

[Favelado]

Hang on. Tory boroughs are doing a better job than the Labour ones at providing social housing? Why did I ever vote for them?

 

[friendofdorothy]

just seen this on BBC news from a few days ago:

What happened to residents of the Heygate Estate?

A decade since the last residents left the south London estate, we hear from those who lived there.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[friendofdorothy]

Heygate residents move from London

Residents who were moved off the Heygate Estate in south London, under a huge regeneration scheme, claim they were not offered enough money to afford to buy a home locally.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

one small win
London council estate resident wins battle over misuse of planning law
which might be of use in future similar situations.