Did you know the social cleansing of Teviot Estate in Poplar was supported & funded by #PrinceAndrew?
100+ garages were annexed to build a #fashionhub, ahead of planned estate demolition, with Poplar Harca claiming 86% resident support, for the demolition of a purpose built estate, where flats cost up to £577 per week.
Apparently 86% of the residents of Teviot Estate voted for its demolition.
Thats 86% of residents, on a purpose-built council estate, stolen from the taxpayer, voted to have their homes demolished, where ex-RTB flats cost up to £577 per WEEK.
That’s right. EIGHTY-SIX PERCENT.
“The ballot concluded with residents giving a clear mandate to Poplar HARCA to proceed with the estate regeneration proposals – with a turnout of 81% and a positive majority of 86% of voters supporting the plans.”
https://www.electoralreform.co.uk/case-studies/poplar-harca/
So, a massive THANKS to all the housing activists, community, Labour Party, journalists, academics & everybody else involved in another landgrab on social housing, that YOU ALL COMPLETELY IGNORED.
First comes the fashion hub, then comes the evictions, then the bulldozers.
Perhaps if Anna Minton & co had actually done any real community based work, instead of ripping off the work of others & doing deals with Harca, people like Gavin, featured in @paulsng‘s Dispossession wouldn’t face being kicked out of their homes again.
Here’s Gavin, in Dispossession, talking about how he was homeless and moved into Balfron Tower. Then they kicked him out and put him on Teviot Estate. Now they’re kicking him out of there too, as they demolish the estate to build homes for rich people.
Balfron Social Club has been writing about social cleansing of Teviot Estate since 2015.
Read Brutalism {Redacted}- Social Art Practice and You exploring the role Hannah Nicklin subsequently took on Teviot Estate, which has now led to its demolition.
Hannah Nicklin responded to our criticism, but ultimately admitted that the role she played was artwash for Poplar Harca. Now the Teviot Estate is facing demolition (with a claimed 86% approval), we can see exactly what was being artwashed, and why.
https://poplarpeople.co.uk/artwashing
Tweed House was the first block on Teviot Estate to be demolished, in recent years. We wrote about that in 2015 too.
In May 2018, we asked The Trampery some questions. They have never answered.
I asked @electoralreform if they have anything to do with claimed approval rating on the regeneration of Teviot Estate. Here is their reply.
So, basically another bought & paid for consultation by Poplar Harca, delivering the results they ordered.
This is social cleansing, with a Royal seal of approval.
Balfron Social Club
26th November 2019