Anger over Decision to Sell-Off Housing Co-Ops

Campaigners against Lambeth Council's decision to evict residents of housing co-operatives and auction off the properties are to stage a protest.  Lambeth United Housing Co-op and other groups claim the council is "destroying" 40 years of history by dismantling the housing co-ops, which were set up in the late 1970s and early 1980s when abandoned and decrepit council homes were handed over to residents.  One resident’s efforts have boosted the value of a small house in Stockwell from almost nothing in 1980 to around £700,000. In a statement ahead of the protest, Lambeth United said: "Lambeth’s ‘recall’ of ‘shortlife’ housing means that members of these co-ops (including OAPs and other vulnerable people) are being taken to court so that the council can gain possession of their homes – homes that co-op residents have maintained across this 40-year period – and sell them on the open market, at auction.”  Read  more on 24dash.