On Thursday 16th August 2018, 40 temporary housing residents, all members of PEACH, travelled on a coach to Mears Offices to take direct action on temporary housing contractor Mears (previously Tando Property Services). Last year, the group of temporary tenants (then called Tando Tigers, now the Mears Cats) made a viral video exposing their poor treatment and calling for the previous council administration to ‘take back control’ of the properties.
On Sat 24th March over 20 residents met with local Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz to talk of their recent experiences with the notorious temporary housing provider Mears (previously Tando-Omega). Mears Cats Club of temporary tenants had set up the session so … Continued
PEACH Housing Club have received a detailed response to the PEACH Regeneration Manifesto 2018 from Sir Robin Wales, who is currently up for selection as the Labour Mayoral Candidate in Newham. We are pleased to say that this means that … Continued
“Custom House is our House” PEACH Housing Club has put together this Regeneration Manifesto for the 2018 elections, which is being sent out to candidates, standing in the upcoming local elections. Mayoral candidates Robin Wales and Rokhsana Fiaz have both … Continued
Last night in East Ham Town Hall, the temporary housing issues that we have been campaigning on for 2 years finally got air time in the highest chamber of Newham: Full Council. Nearly 60 Councillors from across the Borough, along … Continued
We have tried everything to get the message across: Mears/Tando landlords are a disreputable contractor, who have been given more than enough chances to improve. Today we submitted a further 66 tenants issues to Cllr Terry Paul, bringing the total … Continued
On Thursday 27th July, PEACH assembled a team of Residents, Organisers and Architects and welcomed Cllr Ken Clarke (Cabinet Lead on Regeneration and Deputy Mayor) and Deidra Armsby (Director for Regeneration and Planning) to our office in Custom House. We … Continued
PEACH Housing Club voted to set up a Community Land Trust a few months ago, to build on all the work done so far on the Alternative Regeneration Plan and now it has a name! At June’s Housing Club meeting … Continued
PEACH is happy to announce that next year Custom House Community Football Club, will be wearing the PEACH logo on their shirts! So we asked the Chairman Franklin Amadi to let us know a bit more about CHCFC. Custom House … Continued
After PEACH and Rosetta partnered to run a 4-week course in Maths for parents in the first term, Mr Poole, the Community Cohesion lead, at the school described the workshops as the most successful they had ever had and after … Continued