On its first anniversary, the campaign occupied vacant flats on the Carpenters Estate and opened them for workshops, meetings and cultural events. The action exposed the contradiction of empty public housing alongside homelessness and challenged regeneration plans that displaced residents to make way for private investment.
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On its first anniversary, the campaign occupied vacant flats on the Carpenters Estate and opened them for workshops, meetings and cultural events. The action exposed the contradiction of empty public housing alongside homelessness and challenged regeneration plans that displaced residents to make way for private investment.
Focus E15 opens empty Carpenters Estate flats as a social centre. This movement opposed the issue described and was organized by a different coalition.
The record identifies Focus E15 Campaign; Global Justice Now. Context: On its first anniversary, the campaign occupied vacant flats on the Carpenters Estate and opened them for workshops, meetings and cultural events. The action exposed the contradiction of empty public housing alongside homelessness and challenged regeneration plans that displaced residents to make way for private investment.