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Activists pop up to fight Housing Bill

HOUSING activists occupied a property in London’s most expensive borough yesterday in the lead-up to the weekend’s national protest against the Tories’ nasty Housing Bill, writes Joana Ramiro.

The pop-up community centre in Kensington, christened Our House, is hosting a series of workshops, talks and performances on the homes crisis.

The Radical Housing Network took over the building with the aid of women’s groups Focus E15 and Sisters Uncut.

One of the occupiers said: “People have the impression that Kensington is all about millionaires revving their sports cars outside Harrods.

“Yet it is a prime example of the ever-growing extreme inequalities in our society.

“Homeless people live on the streets near Kensington Palace where Kate and Wills have a flat.

“The Housing Bill aims to destroy council and social housing. And, crucially, it will affect everyone — it means higher rents, less security, and less chance of a home you can afford.”

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