Focus E15 Campaign

East Thames Housing Association in the limelight again….

Every week on the street stall Focus E15 campaigners meet people in housing need. We have recently met residents of East Thames Housing association who are worried about being evicted. Focus E15 campaign have had extensive dealings with this housing association in the past because it was East Thames that wanted to evict young mothers, when Newham council cut funding to the mother and baby unit in an East Thames managed hostel. These bullying and vicious threats gave rise to the Focus E15 campaign in 2013.



In December 2016, East Thames Housing Association joined forces with London&Quadrant Housing Association. Together they manage over 90,000 homes across Britain and pledge to build 100,000 new homes, 50% of which will be ‘affordable’ (we all know that that means 80% of market rent and this is not affordable). Their website states that they ‘combine [their]…