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A MAN left homeless after being evicted from east London’s Carpenter’s Estate backed mothers yesterday who have been occupying abandoned flats after being turfed out of their hostel.
Mark Jones is one of hundreds of residents forced to leave the Stratford estate by Labour-controlled Newham Council.
But he says the Focus E15 mothers campaign had given him hope he may be able to move back to his former home.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON