After 12 years, our member Belle has won a secure council tenancy! Belle is one of our longest-standing members and had been on the housing list from 2012-2024, living using housing benefits & PIP with her daughter, under the now discontinued Bond Scheme.
PEACH member’s open letter to the Mayor of Newham ahead of our meeting on 15th May.
Demands: We want Safe & Permanent Homes NOW. Secure, decent, truly affordable homes NOW in Custom House and Canning Town, regardless of how long we have been here, by the end of 2025 latest.
PEACH members won a repairs and refurbishment programme across blocks because of the petition in 2021, which demanded that the Council invest in homes now, no more living in unsafe homes. This refurbishment programme was won across all blocks and … Continued
After a long Summer of organising, PEACH members hosted their first Housing Club meeting on 13th September 2023. It kicked off to an electric start. In this first meeting, members shared PEACH’s wins over the years and set down the … Continued
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.