SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign

The tenants forced to pay for their richer neighbours’ gyms | The Observer

More about how landlords are scamming tenants, residents, and the public purse. We are campaigning to stop it.

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YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign SHAC on BBC Radio Sussex - Council Housing

SHAC in the News - making a powerful case for fully funded council housing instead of relying on private developers who then refuse to deliver promised new social and affordable housing. Meanwhile, thousands suffer on council housing waiting lists.

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Social Housing Action CampaignEight Ways That Landlords Subvert Disability Law By Carl Davis Social landlords increasingly use ‘vulnerability’ as the organising principle of their support frameworks. It sounds caring, progressive, human-centred. But in the topsy-t…

SHAC Article - Eight Ways That Landlords Subvert Disability Law

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Carl shows how landlords adopt policies which downgrade the rights of disabled people and other groups. But the Equality Act 2010 is clear - landlords cannot choose whether or not to comply.

Social Housing Action CampaignFear and Subletting in Social Housing By Deborah I was convicted in December 2025 for subletting my social housing – something that is commonplace and legal only after tenants have written permission from their landlord, which I …

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Antisocial behaviour can drive people to desperate measures when landlords persistently fail to deal with it, backing them into a corner.

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See also shaction.org/asb/

YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign LBC Radio - Tom Swarbrick - Service Charges - October 2025

Thx to @tomswarbrick.bsky.social & LBC for inviting us to discuss service charge abuse after both SHAC and The Telegraph covered the story of Plus Dane charging more than £4K to tend a small area of garden & raising service charges by 60%+.

#EndServiceChargeAbuse

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SHAC and Members in the Press

Thx @thetelegraph.bsky.social for covering the insane & unregulated world of service charges.

This will continue until govt gets a grip on this - and equalises rights for all.

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Labour told its ‘numbers game’ approach to housing targets is doomed to failure CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves was dealt a fresh blow today after campaigners warned that Labour’s “numbers game” approach to its ambitious housing targets were doomed to end in failure.The warning came as ...

Thx @mstaronline.bsky.social for covering the Labour government's obsession with house building targets and ignoring deep structural problems in the housing market.

Landlords & developers whistle: the Labour govt dances to their tune.

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YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign LBC - Awaab's Law - October 2025

We were intvited onto James Hanson's LBC radio show to discuss Awaab's Law, which came into effect on 27th October.

Instead of a solution, it is an abdication of government responsibility.

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YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign SHAC on BBC Radio - London Housing Targets - Oct 2025

Thank you to Shay Kaur Grewal and BBC Radio for inviting SHAC to comment on the London Mayor's latest reduction in housing targets, bowing to pressure from big developers. It's the same across the country & needs to be called out!

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Social Housing Action CampaignConference Agrees to Build a Housing Union More than 100 activists gathered in person and online on the 11th October to plan a national tenants and residents (housing) union. The event was organised by SHAC as the basis for forming an indep…

Our conference agreed - we need a national housing union!

Now we're starting the process of building on. Find out more, get involved, build tenant and resident power here:

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A great read! Thank you @housingsector.bsky.social.

More on the conference and National Tenants and Residents Union initiative here:
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Join SHAC free here
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YouTube video by Housing Sector Housing Sector Podcast Episode #54 - The Case for a National Tenants and Residents Union

It's necessary. It's happening. Ben Jenkins & Housing Sector gave us the chance to explain plans for a genuinely democratic National Tenants' and Residents' Union.

Conference: 11-4 - 11th October

Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AG - and online.

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Social Housing Action CampaignPlus Dane Charging Thousands for Services We Never See By Ella Austen The paperwork that ties me to Plus Dane Housing was written in 1989. I was a barely sentient one year old. My name isn’t on it. Plus Dane’s name isn’t on it. Yet somehow, this paperw…

SHAC Article: Plus Dane Charging Thousands for Services We Never See

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📣 Plus Dane is financially exploiting tenants and residents.

✊ SHAC is supporting their fight back.

YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign SHAC on BBC Radio - London Housing Development

Thx @bbclondon.bsky.social for inviting SHAC to comment on a flawed @homebuildersfed.bsky.social report that urges cutting social housing targets. Actually, social housing should be funded through full council grant - it's more effective & pays for itself.

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Social Housing Action CampaignA Million Empty Homes and a Housing Shortage By Arti Dillon My experience tells me that having people shipped off to expensive locations isn’t new. As a teenager, we were placed in a hotel room in central London because we couldn’…

SHAC Article - A Million Empty Homes and a Housing Shortage

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Underscoring the myth of a housing shortage. The real issue is a lack of genuinely affordable housing and the cause is a series of political decisions, all of which can be reversed. Join us to get better.

SHAC and Members in the Press

Thx @privateeyenews.bsky.social for continuing to expose service charge abuse: it carries on, even after death and even as landlords admit overcharging. Welcome to the wild, wild west of unregulated housing association finances. SHAC campaigns to end this.

Thanks @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social and all others who signed our open letter to Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner & @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social. Essential to create a faster, fairer system to resolve service charge disputes. More at petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Done! Thank you Paula 🙂

Join us at 6.30pm on Thursday 11th September in discussion with Adam Gabsi of Inclusion London to discuss discrimination in the housing sector against disabled people, disability benefit cuts, and working together for safe, accessible housing.

Online by Zoom: tinyurl.com/DisVizH

YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign SHAC on BBC Radio Sussex - Arun Council Disrepairs

Thanks to BBC Sussex for inviting SHAC to comment on the Regulator of Social Housing finding Arun District Council guilty of neglecting the homes and neighbourhoods under its control - and doing so over a period of decades.

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Conference to Discuss Forming a National Tenants and Residents Union SHAC is working towards a new, national, democratic tenants’ and residents’ union. In the autumn, we will bring together all interested parties and establish a working group to get the …

Register now - spaces are limited!

The national tenants and residents union conference, 11am-4pm on Sat 11th Oct. Venue: the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ, with excellent tube / bus links. Zoom attendance also available.

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Surely a no-brainer for this government which claims to want to do more to protect tenants and residents from unscrupulous landlords? Petition here
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YouTube video by Housing Sector Housing Sector Podcast #49 Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?

Housing Sector Podcast #49
Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?

Birmingham resident & H&S professional Mel Little exposes:

– Failed fire doors
– Blocked fire access
– Missing safety case files

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YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign SHAC Film: The Resident Who Sent Bailiffs into L&Q's Head Office

Dean Kennedy - The Resident Who Sent Bailiffs into L&Q's Head Office

It started with a complaint about ASB and ended up with the resident sending court bailiffs to one of the largest housing associations in England (L&Q), to recover the compo he was awarded.

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Social Housing Action CampaignInvisible Tenants, Forgotten Victims By Michael Savell, SHAC Committee Member It appears that anyone who rents a flat, or was unfortunate enough to have bought a share of a flat through shared ownership, has the same issues. High and …

SHAC Article - When it comes to service charges, tenants who pay additional charges are the forgotten victims - but they are victims. Michael explains.

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Social Housing Action CampaignThe Great Abbeyfield Illusion By George Maurice I am a resident of Abbeyfield Chester, a retirement scheme that claims its residents enjoy supported housing with “high standards of accommodation, companionship and a support ser…

George writes about Abbeyfield England giving the appearance of quality controlling Abbeyfield alsmshouses, but without actually delivering accountability.

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YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign Why We Need an Independent Body to Oversee Service Charges

Celebrating the first 1,000 signatures on our newly launched Parliamentary Petition and Ben Jenkins, SHAC member and Housing Sector podcaster, invites you to imagine this 👇👇👇

#EndServiceChargeAbuse

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SHAC in the Press - With thanks to Private Eye for including SHAC comment on Anchor Hanover housing association. The organisation commercialised heavily after it merged, and then went into a governance tailspin. This is gambling with people's lives and not how we solve the housing crisis.

Social Housing Action CampaignJean’s Story: Life and Death with Shared Ownership A story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system By Gill Perceval 2008 and Mum was living in a house in Langley. She was active, sociable and hands-on in helpi…

SHAC Article - Jean's Story: Life and Death with Shared Ownership

Jean's personal story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system told through the eyes of her daughter Gill.

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Brilliant work by English for Action - a genuine empowerment of their students. What an achievement!