From speculation about new housing association homes at the Bata Fields development in East Tilbury going to people from outside of Thurrock, through rumours that some homes on the St. Clere’s development in Stanford-le-Hope are being brought by London councils to re-house people decanted as a result of ‘re-generation’ (a.k.a. social cleansing) to verifiable stories of people re-housed out here from the capital being victimised by resentful locals, there’s a lot of misunderstandings about the housing situation that need clearing up. Below is a list of pretty much everything we’ve written or re-blogged about the housing crisis…

A lot of this reading list focuses on what’s happening in London with the wholesale re-generation of housing estates that leads to social cleansing as residents are turfed out and re-housed many miles away, all too often out of the capital altogether. The point we want to make is that what happens in London with housing has a direct impact out here along the estuary. Which is why we ask people concerned about the housing situation here in Essex to take a step back, look at the bigger picture and show their solidarity with the housing struggles across London that are being fought by residents facing re-location as their estates are effectively destroyed in the name of ‘re-generation’.

One of the problems we face out here are the divide and rule merchants who don’t want people to see the bigger picture and through rumours and lies, create the kind of situation where anger is focused on the people moved out here who are the victims of what’s going on in London rather than the corrupt councils and developers who are the root cause of the problem in the capital. We’re not prepared to tolerate these divide and rule merchants with their nefarious, reactionary agendas in any way shape or form…

Clusterfuck! Labour’s Shameless Council Estate Rip-off (re-blog from ASH) – https://southessexstirrer.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/clusterfuck-labours-shameless-council-estate-rip-off/

10 Myths about London’s Housing Crisis (re-blog from ASH) – https://southessexstirrer.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/10-myths-about-londons-housing-crisis/

No More Fake News! This is reality (re-blog from Focus E15) – https://southessexstirrer.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/no-more-fake-news-this-is-reality/

A reminder of why we support housing struggles in London – https://southessexstirrer.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/a-reminder-of-why-we-support-housing-struggles-in-london/

Screwed up priorities… – https://southessexstirrer.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/screwed-up-priorities/

Why I am a Focus E15 campaigner (re-blog from Focus E15) – https://southessexstirrer.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/why-i-am-a-focus-e15-campaigner/

The housing domino effect… – https://southessexstirrer.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/the-housing-domino-effect/

Is this the start of the gentrification of Tilbury? – https://southessexstirrer.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/is-this-the-start-of-the-gentrification-of-tilbury/