Event overview
For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home.
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For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle is a feature documentary directed by Paul Sng (Sleaford Mods – Invisible Britain) exploring the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social housing in the UK.
These failures include government policy that prevents local councils and housing associations from building homes for the 1.4 million people on council housing waiting lists and the quarter of a million homeless people in Britain. Or the deliberate neglect of council estates by local authorities, which is used to justify demolition and ‘regeneration’ projects with private developers, which often force those who cannot afford homes in the new properties to relocate to other parts of the country, far from their families and support networks.
Set in London, Glasgow and Nottingham, with unprecedented access to residents, politicians and experts in the housing industry and media, Dispossession is the story of people fighting for their communities, of people who know the difference between a house and a home, and who believe that housing is a human right, not an expensive luxury.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 16 Mar 2017 | 6:30pm - 9:00pm |
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