Council Takes Housing Co-Op to Court

A council is taking a well-known housing co-operative to court to evict members from a building it says is unsafe.  Lambeth Council is seeking an injunction and possession order to remove the residents of Carlton Mansions from the 16-flat block in Brixton, London, following a fire risk assessment in.

Members of the Carlton Mansions housing co-op have been fighting the move saying their own fire risk assessment shows the fire risk is ‘tolerable’.  The council’s fire risk assessment found the opposite.  Read more on Inside Housing.