SHAC: The Social Housing Action Campaign
@shacaction.bsky.social
SHAC is a campaign group linking tenants, renters, shared owners, and leaseholders living in homes owned by social and private landlords. Together we campaign for more public housing & to improve housing conditions.
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LBC Radio - Tom Swarbrick - Service Charges - October 2025
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
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Thx to @tomswarbrick.bsky.social & LBC for inviting us to discuss service charge abuse after both SHAC and The Telegraph covered the story of Plus Dane charging more than £4K to tend a small area of garden & raising service charges by 60%+.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuE...
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuE...
SHAC Article
Antisocial behaviour can drive people to desperate measures when landlords persistently fail to deal with it, backing them into a corner.
shaction.org/2025/11/12/f...
See also shaction.org/asb/
Antisocial behaviour can drive people to desperate measures when landlords persistently fail to deal with it, backing them into a corner.
shaction.org/2025/11/12/f...
See also shaction.org/asb/
Social Housing Action CampaignFear and Subletting in Social Housing
By Deborah I was convicted in December 2025 for subletting my social housing – something that is commonplace and legal only after tenants have written permission from their landlord, which I …
shaction.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
SHAC Article
Antisocial behaviour can drive people to desperate measures when landlords persistently fail to deal with it, backing them into a corner.
shaction.org/2025/11/12/f...
See also shaction.org/asb/
Antisocial behaviour can drive people to desperate measures when landlords persistently fail to deal with it, backing them into a corner.
shaction.org/2025/11/12/f...
See also shaction.org/asb/
Thx to @tomswarbrick.bsky.social & LBC for inviting us to discuss service charge abuse after both SHAC and The Telegraph covered the story of Plus Dane charging more than £4K to tend a small area of garden & raising service charges by 60%+.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuE...
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuE...
LBC Radio - Tom Swarbrick - Service Charges - October 2025
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
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November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thx to @tomswarbrick.bsky.social & LBC for inviting us to discuss service charge abuse after both SHAC and The Telegraph covered the story of Plus Dane charging more than £4K to tend a small area of garden & raising service charges by 60%+.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuE...
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuE...
SHAC and Members in the Press
Thx @thetelegraph.bsky.social for covering the insane & unregulated world of service charges.
This will continue until govt gets a grip on this - and equalises rights for all.
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Thx @thetelegraph.bsky.social for covering the insane & unregulated world of service charges.
This will continue until govt gets a grip on this - and equalises rights for all.
shaction.org/wp-content/u...
shaction.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
SHAC and Members in the Press
Thx @thetelegraph.bsky.social for covering the insane & unregulated world of service charges.
This will continue until govt gets a grip on this - and equalises rights for all.
shaction.org/wp-content/u...
Thx @thetelegraph.bsky.social for covering the insane & unregulated world of service charges.
This will continue until govt gets a grip on this - and equalises rights for all.
shaction.org/wp-content/u...
Thx @mstaronline.bsky.social for covering the Labour government's obsession with house building targets and ignoring deep structural problems in the housing market.
Landlords & developers whistle: the Labour govt dances to their tune.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...
Landlords & developers whistle: the Labour govt dances to their tune.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...
Labour told its ‘numbers game’ approach to housing targets is doomed to failure
CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves was dealt a fresh blow today after campaigners warned that Labour’s “numbers game” approach to its ambitious housing targets were doomed to end in failure.The warning came as ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thx @mstaronline.bsky.social for covering the Labour government's obsession with house building targets and ignoring deep structural problems in the housing market.
Landlords & developers whistle: the Labour govt dances to their tune.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...
Landlords & developers whistle: the Labour govt dances to their tune.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...
We were intvited onto James Hanson's LBC radio show to discuss Awaab's Law, which came into effect on 27th October.
Instead of a solution, it is an abdication of government responsibility.
Listen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI0K...
Instead of a solution, it is an abdication of government responsibility.
Listen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI0K...
LBC - Awaab's Law - October 2025
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
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October 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We were intvited onto James Hanson's LBC radio show to discuss Awaab's Law, which came into effect on 27th October.
Instead of a solution, it is an abdication of government responsibility.
Listen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI0K...
Instead of a solution, it is an abdication of government responsibility.
Listen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI0K...
Thank you to Shay Kaur Grewal and BBC Radio for inviting SHAC to comment on the London Mayor's latest reduction in housing targets, bowing to pressure from big developers. It's the same across the country & needs to be called out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K5g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K5g...
SHAC on BBC Radio - London Housing Targets - Oct 2025
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
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October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thank you to Shay Kaur Grewal and BBC Radio for inviting SHAC to comment on the London Mayor's latest reduction in housing targets, bowing to pressure from big developers. It's the same across the country & needs to be called out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K5g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K5g...
Our conference agreed - we need a national housing union!
Now we're starting the process of building on. Find out more, get involved, build tenant and resident power here:
shaction.org/2025/10/16/c...
Now we're starting the process of building on. Find out more, get involved, build tenant and resident power here:
shaction.org/2025/10/16/c...
Social Housing Action CampaignConference Agrees to Build a Housing Union
More than 100 activists gathered in person and online on the 11th October to plan a national tenants and residents (housing) union. The event was organised by SHAC as the basis for forming an indep…
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October 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Our conference agreed - we need a national housing union!
Now we're starting the process of building on. Find out more, get involved, build tenant and resident power here:
shaction.org/2025/10/16/c...
Now we're starting the process of building on. Find out more, get involved, build tenant and resident power here:
shaction.org/2025/10/16/c...
A great read! Thank you @housingsector.bsky.social.
More on the conference and National Tenants and Residents Union initiative here:
shaction.org/a-national-t...
Join SHAC free here
shaction.org/shac-registr...
More on the conference and National Tenants and Residents Union initiative here:
shaction.org/a-national-t...
Join SHAC free here
shaction.org/shac-registr...
October 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A great read! Thank you @housingsector.bsky.social.
More on the conference and National Tenants and Residents Union initiative here:
shaction.org/a-national-t...
Join SHAC free here
shaction.org/shac-registr...
More on the conference and National Tenants and Residents Union initiative here:
shaction.org/a-national-t...
Join SHAC free here
shaction.org/shac-registr...
It's necessary. It's happening. Ben Jenkins & Housing Sector gave us the chance to explain plans for a genuinely democratic National Tenants' and Residents' Union.
Conference: 11-4 - 11th October
Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AG - and online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZROt...
Conference: 11-4 - 11th October
Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AG - and online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZROt...
Housing Sector Podcast Episode #54 - The Case for a National Tenants and Residents Union
YouTube video by Housing Sector
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September 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It's necessary. It's happening. Ben Jenkins & Housing Sector gave us the chance to explain plans for a genuinely democratic National Tenants' and Residents' Union.
Conference: 11-4 - 11th October
Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AG - and online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZROt...
Conference: 11-4 - 11th October
Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AG - and online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZROt...
SHAC Article: Plus Dane Charging Thousands for Services We Never See
shaction.org/2025/09/21/p...
📣 Plus Dane is financially exploiting tenants and residents.
✊ SHAC is supporting their fight back.
shaction.org/2025/09/21/p...
📣 Plus Dane is financially exploiting tenants and residents.
✊ SHAC is supporting their fight back.
Social Housing Action CampaignPlus Dane Charging Thousands for Services We Never See
By Ella Austen The paperwork that ties me to Plus Dane Housing was written in 1989. I was a barely sentient one year old. My name isn’t on it. Plus Dane’s name isn’t on it. Yet somehow, this paperw…
shaction.org
September 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
SHAC Article: Plus Dane Charging Thousands for Services We Never See
shaction.org/2025/09/21/p...
📣 Plus Dane is financially exploiting tenants and residents.
✊ SHAC is supporting their fight back.
shaction.org/2025/09/21/p...
📣 Plus Dane is financially exploiting tenants and residents.
✊ SHAC is supporting their fight back.
Thx @bbclondon.bsky.social for inviting SHAC to comment on a flawed @homebuildersfed.bsky.social report that urges cutting social housing targets. Actually, social housing should be funded through full council grant - it's more effective & pays for itself.
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SHAC on BBC Radio - London Housing Development
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
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September 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Thx @bbclondon.bsky.social for inviting SHAC to comment on a flawed @homebuildersfed.bsky.social report that urges cutting social housing targets. Actually, social housing should be funded through full council grant - it's more effective & pays for itself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYM-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYM-...
SHAC Article - A Million Empty Homes and a Housing Shortage
shaction.org/2025/09/09/a...
Underscoring the myth of a housing shortage. The real issue is a lack of genuinely affordable housing and the cause is a series of political decisions, all of which can be reversed. Join us to get better.
shaction.org/2025/09/09/a...
Underscoring the myth of a housing shortage. The real issue is a lack of genuinely affordable housing and the cause is a series of political decisions, all of which can be reversed. Join us to get better.
Social Housing Action CampaignA Million Empty Homes and a Housing Shortage
By Arti Dillon My experience tells me that having people shipped off to expensive locations isn’t new. As a teenager, we were placed in a hotel room in central London because we couldn’…
shaction.org
September 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
SHAC Article - A Million Empty Homes and a Housing Shortage
shaction.org/2025/09/09/a...
Underscoring the myth of a housing shortage. The real issue is a lack of genuinely affordable housing and the cause is a series of political decisions, all of which can be reversed. Join us to get better.
shaction.org/2025/09/09/a...
Underscoring the myth of a housing shortage. The real issue is a lack of genuinely affordable housing and the cause is a series of political decisions, all of which can be reversed. Join us to get better.
SHAC and Members in the Press
Thx @privateeyenews.bsky.social for continuing to expose service charge abuse: it carries on, even after death and even as landlords admit overcharging. Welcome to the wild, wild west of unregulated housing association finances. SHAC campaigns to end this.
Thx @privateeyenews.bsky.social for continuing to expose service charge abuse: it carries on, even after death and even as landlords admit overcharging. Welcome to the wild, wild west of unregulated housing association finances. SHAC campaigns to end this.
September 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
SHAC and Members in the Press
Thx @privateeyenews.bsky.social for continuing to expose service charge abuse: it carries on, even after death and even as landlords admit overcharging. Welcome to the wild, wild west of unregulated housing association finances. SHAC campaigns to end this.
Thx @privateeyenews.bsky.social for continuing to expose service charge abuse: it carries on, even after death and even as landlords admit overcharging. Welcome to the wild, wild west of unregulated housing association finances. SHAC campaigns to end this.
Thanks @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social and all others who signed our open letter to Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner & @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social. Essential to create a faster, fairer system to resolve service charge disputes. More at petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
September 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Thanks @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social and all others who signed our open letter to Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner & @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social. Essential to create a faster, fairer system to resolve service charge disputes. More at petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Join us at 6.30pm on Thursday 11th September in discussion with Adam Gabsi of Inclusion London to discuss discrimination in the housing sector against disabled people, disability benefit cuts, and working together for safe, accessible housing.
Online by Zoom: tinyurl.com/DisVizH
Online by Zoom: tinyurl.com/DisVizH
August 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Join us at 6.30pm on Thursday 11th September in discussion with Adam Gabsi of Inclusion London to discuss discrimination in the housing sector against disabled people, disability benefit cuts, and working together for safe, accessible housing.
Online by Zoom: tinyurl.com/DisVizH
Online by Zoom: tinyurl.com/DisVizH
Thanks to BBC Sussex for inviting SHAC to comment on the Regulator of Social Housing finding Arun District Council guilty of neglecting the homes and neighbourhoods under its control - and doing so over a period of decades.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Ib...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Ib...
SHAC on BBC Radio Sussex - Arun Council Disrepairs
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
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August 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thanks to BBC Sussex for inviting SHAC to comment on the Regulator of Social Housing finding Arun District Council guilty of neglecting the homes and neighbourhoods under its control - and doing so over a period of decades.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Ib...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Ib...
Register now - spaces are limited!
The national tenants and residents union conference, 11am-4pm on Sat 11th Oct. Venue: the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ, with excellent tube / bus links. Zoom attendance also available.
tinyurl.com/STRUC25
The national tenants and residents union conference, 11am-4pm on Sat 11th Oct. Venue: the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ, with excellent tube / bus links. Zoom attendance also available.
tinyurl.com/STRUC25
Conference to Discuss Forming a National Tenants and Residents Union
SHAC is working towards a new, national, democratic tenants’ and residents’ union. In the autumn, we will bring together all interested parties and establish a working group to get the …
tinyurl.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Register now - spaces are limited!
The national tenants and residents union conference, 11am-4pm on Sat 11th Oct. Venue: the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ, with excellent tube / bus links. Zoom attendance also available.
tinyurl.com/STRUC25
The national tenants and residents union conference, 11am-4pm on Sat 11th Oct. Venue: the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ, with excellent tube / bus links. Zoom attendance also available.
tinyurl.com/STRUC25
Surely a no-brainer for this government which claims to want to do more to protect tenants and residents from unscrupulous landlords? Petition here
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
August 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Surely a no-brainer for this government which claims to want to do more to protect tenants and residents from unscrupulous landlords? Petition here
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Housing Sector Podcast #49
Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?
Birmingham resident & H&S professional Mel Little exposes:
– Failed fire doors
– Blocked fire access
– Missing safety case files
youtu.be/UtwM07AbJv8
Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?
Birmingham resident & H&S professional Mel Little exposes:
– Failed fire doors
– Blocked fire access
– Missing safety case files
youtu.be/UtwM07AbJv8
Housing Sector Podcast #49 Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?
YouTube video by Housing Sector
youtu.be
August 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Housing Sector Podcast #49
Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?
Birmingham resident & H&S professional Mel Little exposes:
– Failed fire doors
– Blocked fire access
– Missing safety case files
youtu.be/UtwM07AbJv8
Fire Safety in High-Rise Homes: Compliance Fact or Compliance Theatre?
Birmingham resident & H&S professional Mel Little exposes:
– Failed fire doors
– Blocked fire access
– Missing safety case files
youtu.be/UtwM07AbJv8
Dean Kennedy - The Resident Who Sent Bailiffs into L&Q's Head Office
It started with a complaint about ASB and ended up with the resident sending court bailiffs to one of the largest housing associations in England (L&Q), to recover the compo he was awarded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVY...
It started with a complaint about ASB and ended up with the resident sending court bailiffs to one of the largest housing associations in England (L&Q), to recover the compo he was awarded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVY...
SHAC Film: The Resident Who Sent Bailiffs into L&Q's Head Office
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Dean Kennedy - The Resident Who Sent Bailiffs into L&Q's Head Office
It started with a complaint about ASB and ended up with the resident sending court bailiffs to one of the largest housing associations in England (L&Q), to recover the compo he was awarded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVY...
It started with a complaint about ASB and ended up with the resident sending court bailiffs to one of the largest housing associations in England (L&Q), to recover the compo he was awarded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlVY...
SHAC Article - When it comes to service charges, tenants who pay additional charges are the forgotten victims - but they are victims. Michael explains.
shaction.org/2025/08/12/i...
shaction.org/2025/08/12/i...
Social Housing Action CampaignInvisible Tenants, Forgotten Victims
By Michael Savell, SHAC Committee Member It appears that anyone who rents a flat, or was unfortunate enough to have bought a share of a flat through shared ownership, has the same issues. High and …
shaction.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
SHAC Article - When it comes to service charges, tenants who pay additional charges are the forgotten victims - but they are victims. Michael explains.
shaction.org/2025/08/12/i...
shaction.org/2025/08/12/i...
George writes about Abbeyfield England giving the appearance of quality controlling Abbeyfield alsmshouses, but without actually delivering accountability.
shaction.org/2025/08/08/t...
shaction.org/2025/08/08/t...
Social Housing Action CampaignThe Great Abbeyfield Illusion
By George Maurice I am a resident of Abbeyfield Chester, a retirement scheme that claims its residents enjoy supported housing with “high standards of accommodation, companionship and a support ser…
shaction.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
George writes about Abbeyfield England giving the appearance of quality controlling Abbeyfield alsmshouses, but without actually delivering accountability.
shaction.org/2025/08/08/t...
shaction.org/2025/08/08/t...
Celebrating the first 1,000 signatures on our newly launched Parliamentary Petition and Ben Jenkins, SHAC member and Housing Sector podcaster, invites you to imagine this 👇👇👇
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPa...
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPa...
Why We Need an Independent Body to Oversee Service Charges
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Celebrating the first 1,000 signatures on our newly launched Parliamentary Petition and Ben Jenkins, SHAC member and Housing Sector podcaster, invites you to imagine this 👇👇👇
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPa...
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAPa...
SHAC in the Press - With thanks to Private Eye for including SHAC comment on Anchor Hanover housing association. The organisation commercialised heavily after it merged, and then went into a governance tailspin. This is gambling with people's lives and not how we solve the housing crisis.
July 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
SHAC in the Press - With thanks to Private Eye for including SHAC comment on Anchor Hanover housing association. The organisation commercialised heavily after it merged, and then went into a governance tailspin. This is gambling with people's lives and not how we solve the housing crisis.
SHAC Article - Jean's Story: Life and Death with Shared Ownership
Jean's personal story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system told through the eyes of her daughter Gill.
shaction.org/2025/07/30/j...
Jean's personal story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system told through the eyes of her daughter Gill.
shaction.org/2025/07/30/j...
Social Housing Action CampaignJean’s Story: Life and Death with Shared Ownership
A story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system By Gill Perceval 2008 and Mum was living in a house in Langley. She was active, sociable and hands-on in helpi…
shaction.org
July 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
SHAC Article - Jean's Story: Life and Death with Shared Ownership
Jean's personal story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system told through the eyes of her daughter Gill.
shaction.org/2025/07/30/j...
Jean's personal story of injustice, discrimination against leaseholders, and a broken housing system told through the eyes of her daughter Gill.
shaction.org/2025/07/30/j...