Yesterday for International Women's Day, HASL members joined the huge and powerful Feminist Strike in Central London. Homelessness and poverty are feminist issues! ✊💪

📣📣Southwark council - Meghan needs an EHCP now!

Absolutely shameful treatment from Southwark council to 9 year old Meghan😡

📰Meghan's family speak to Schools Week in this article which also features other kids who are being refused the education funding they need.
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-long-lon...

"southwark council's plans for the old kent road:" image of a series of high rise blocks around old kent road and bottom of tower bridge road/new kent road. "at least 93% of people in southwark require either social or affordable housing!" > multiple 20+ storey skyscrapers > replace industial land and diverse buisnesses with gentrifying luxury flats > unlimited purpose built student accomodation > only 25% of the 20,000 new homes are social housing - developers will try to further reduce > no protection for cultural spaces like Ornside Projects, Venue MOT and Avalon Cafe WE NEED COUNCIL HOUSING Join us to protest outside Southwark Council Assembly Wednesday 18 March 2026 6:30pm @ Southwark Council Offices 160 Tooley Street, SE1 2TZ Southwark Housing And Planning Emergency (SHAPE) with logo Don't let the council displace and cleanse our community - homes for people, not for profit! (save old kent road QR code) https://linktr.ee/shapesouthwark

Southwark Council *needs* to build more social housing, not allow more private developments. Where will all the folks already waiting on housing lists live? Developers always end up cutting the percentage of social homes after being approved. @shapecoalition.bsky.social @housingactionsl.bsky.social

Neurodivergent children in temporary accommodation face “torture‑like” conditions, new report warns | King's College London The new report exposes a hidden crisis at the intersection of housing, childhood and neurodiversity

Neurodivergent children living in temporary accommodation in the UK are being subjected to conditions "comparable to torture", according to a new report from King's School of Global Affairs.

The researchers make recommendations to drive "urgently needed change" ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/neurodi...

Temporary accommodation in England is ‘torture’ for neurodivergent children, report finds Exclusive: Parents said their children had become withdrawn or hypervigilant because of uncertainty, unsafe environments and removal of support

“It’s like torture”: our new report reveals how Temporary Accommodation is harming neurodivergent children and families across the UK. Based on a nationwide call for evidence, it sets out urgent policy asks for change.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Temporary accommodation in England is ‘torture’ for neurodivergent children, report finds Exclusive: Parents said their children had become withdrawn or hypervigilant because of uncertainty, unsafe environments and removal of support Neurodivergent children living in temporary accommodation (TA) in England are subjected to conditions that amount to “torture”, and the harm it causes them is “psychologically excruciating” and a form of “child cruelty”, a report has found. The report by King’s College London through the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for households in temporary accommodation, found that while living in TA was damaging for any child, it had a particularly severe impact on neurodivergent children and those with special education needs and disabilities (Send). Continue reading...

Temporary accommodation in England is ‘torture’ for neurodivergent children, report finds

This afternoon we had a legal strategy meeting, with HASL organisers and some of the best housing lawyers in London!

We talked about how the housing movement uses the law, we shared strategies and knowledge, and we discussed how HASL and lawyers can collaborate to fight for our homelessness rights.

👀Did you spot HASL on the front page of BBC news today?

Great coverage of our latest campaign to stop Lambeth council intimidating homeless families and destroying our homeless rights!

Read powerful testimonies from HASL members🔥

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Homeless families accuse council of 'intimidating' home visits Lambeth Council is providing temporary accommodation for more than 4,600 homeless households each night

💥✊As soon as we heard that Lambeth council were making unannounced visits to homeless families in temporary accommodation and threatening to evict them - we took action!

Read powerful testimonies from HASL members about our latest campaign in this great report 📰
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...

For more festive holiday reading about HASL's organising and victories there is also our November and December newsletter here mailchi.mp/bb4eead7236f...

🎉Happy New Year from HASL! 🏡✊

Read all about our 2025 highlights including a record breaking 38 HASL families moving into permanent social housing, our biggest ever housing office protest, and HASL members successfully suing their private landlord for illegal eviction!

mailchi.mp/5461040531d1...

🎄Happy Holidays from HASL! We have a bumper newsletter of housing victories, organising, solidarity, and even a Christmas miracle 😻 mailchi.mp/bb4eead7236f...

Solidarity with the hunger strikers!✊❤️🍉

✊8 political prisoners held without trial for non-violent direct action against genocide are on hunger strike with 5 simple demands.

✊30 asylum seekers also started a hunger strike against the inhumane 'one in one out' scheme.

prisonersforpalestine.org

Last Friday, we spoke to urbanism maters students about London housing struggles with Southwark Law Centre, and the Hackney branch of London Renters Union.

It was a really useful chance to reflect on our organising, think it through with students, and to learn from other campaigns as well!✊❤️🏡

Our amazing HASL values meeting this morning discussing and reflecting on our principles and organising to help make our group even stronger 💪✊🧡

HASL shut down Lambeth's housing office over bullying tactics! YouTube video by Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth

💥📽️🍿Watch HASL in action shutting down Lambeth council's housing office over their escalation of bullying tactics!

Last week in the pouring rain over 150 of us descended on the council to deliver a massive letter with our simple demand -stop bullying homeless people!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc4F...

A large group of HASL members protesting outside Lambeth council's Civic Centre with banners and placards and umbrellas due to the rain.

HASL shut down Lambeth’s housing office over bullying tactics!💥

Over 150 HASL members descended on Lambeth council's civic centre on the wettest day of the year!💪

Read our report here mailchi.mp/2160f92c871e...

On the most rainy day of the year, over 150 HASL families descended on Lambeth council's housing office to demand an end to the latest bullying tactics the council are targeting at homeless people.

You can read our letter here housingactionsouthwarkandlambeth.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/o...

We were supporting our member Gloria at the High Court this morning. She has a Judicial Review against Lewisham council who have stolen 18 months of her housing waiting list time😡

Thanks to our amazing HASL members for vital court support!🤗✊

We should receive the decision in a few weeks time.

Our investigation finds that 1611 people experiencing homelessness died in 2024 - a 9% increase on the previous year. — Museum of Homelessness We are devastated to share our latest research into the deaths of those who die. It has revealed the continued impact at the sharpest edge of the homelessness crisis, as the Labour Government has fail...

With heavy hearts we release our findings of our annual investigation into the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2024.
Read more on our site here:

museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...

Sharing a delicious Braza de Reina cake at our busy meeting today to celebrate our member's new 3 bed council home 😋🥳

Ayaan Ali Waeys’ death followed missed opportunities — coroner Ayaan Ali Waeys died of natural causes, coroner concludes, but says medics had chances to ‘change course of events’

The family of Ayaan Ali Waeys, a Black Muslim woman who died after giving birth to a stillborn baby, have called for urgent action on racial inequalities in maternity care.

An inquest found ‘missed opportunities’ in her treatment.

✍🏿 @anitamureithi.bsky.social

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Sister hopes for change after woman dies after childbirth at St Thomas' Hospital | ITV News Ayaan Waeys died two weeks after giving birth to her stillborn baby girl. | ITV News London

The inquest for Ayaan Ali Waeys who died two weeks after her daughter was stillborn has concluded that hospital staff missed opportunities to change the course of events.

www.itv.com/news/london/2025-10-07/s...

Our incredible organiser Fowsiyo has been fighting tirelessly to get justice after the tragic death of her sister Ayaan.

Lovely colouring in and drawings at our kids space this morning 👩‍🎨👨‍🎨

Great panel and audience contributions at the Peace and Justice Project Housing talk this afternoon. So much loud support for the council housing revolution we need!👏

And yesterday we participated in a housing workshop at the Anarchist Bookfair. It's been a busy weekend of outreach!

📰Just published! Our report on Jacqueline's legal challenge last week mailchi.mp/5755f3765738...

We were supporting our member Jacqueline this morning for her legal challenge against Southwark council.

Her unaffordable rent is leaving her with debts but the council refuse to recognise that she is homeless😠

We are still waiting on the judgement but we will keep you updated.

Over 1.6m children are now impacted by the Two-Child Limit - 11.6% of all children

This is a cruel policy that unnecessarily drags children into deeper levels of hardship

It needs to go, and the longer it is kept, the greater the scarring effects on children's health and education will be

30 degrees and still fighting the housing crisis!🥵💪💪Thanks so much to all our committed organisers and members for joining our meeting this morning with some travelling across London!