Council House Evictions In Lambeth Are Symptom of 'Profit Making Culture'

The borough of Lambeth is gripped by a 'profit making culture' over the emptying of council houses, a whistleblower has claimed in a new documentary. The decision to sell more than a thousand homes in Lambeth is hurting the most vulnerable people in society because of a wider focus on “short-term gain”, according to claims made by the former council policy officer. He said residents had been evicted even after taking decades to repair derelict homes. The claims were aired in a new documentary directed by Chris Hersom called Home, which was recently screened at the British Film Institute. The whistleblower said: “What’s happening now is that there is this attitude that everything needs to make a profit – even in local government services. And it’s meaning that whether by accident or design people using social services are being pushed out.” Read more on the Evening Standard website.