SHAC (and our members) in the Press - excellent piece from Aiden Radnedge in @dailymail.co.uk, also featuring some of our members and one of the worst offending service charge abusers, Hyde Housing.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#endservicechargeabuse
dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#endservicechargeabuse
We live in 'affordable housing' but pay thousands in service charges
People who hoped to benefit from shared ownership schemes promising a foot on the property ladder say they are instead being hit by inflated extra fees.
dailymail.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
SHAC (and our members) in the Press - excellent piece from Aiden Radnedge in @dailymail.co.uk, also featuring some of our members and one of the worst offending service charge abusers, Hyde Housing.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#endservicechargeabuse
dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
#endservicechargeabuse
We are proud to support the Social Action Housing Campaign who were mentioned last week on BBC morning live. There is growing support to end #EndServiceChargeAbuse
It is an important development that the National Audit Office has agreed to an initial investigation.👇
www.pilc.org.uk/blog/pilc-he...
It is an important development that the National Audit Office has agreed to an initial investigation.👇
www.pilc.org.uk/blog/pilc-he...
www.pilc.org.uk
March 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We are proud to support the Social Action Housing Campaign who were mentioned last week on BBC morning live. There is growing support to end #EndServiceChargeAbuse
It is an important development that the National Audit Office has agreed to an initial investigation.👇
www.pilc.org.uk/blog/pilc-he...
It is an important development that the National Audit Office has agreed to an initial investigation.👇
www.pilc.org.uk/blog/pilc-he...
SHAC and Partners in the Press:
We're fighting landlords intent on clinging onto the leasehold system, and who are cynically using human rights laws to do so. Stand with us to support the action led by Free Leaseholders.
#endservicechargeabuse
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/exclusi...
We're fighting landlords intent on clinging onto the leasehold system, and who are cynically using human rights laws to do so. Stand with us to support the action led by Free Leaseholders.
#endservicechargeabuse
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Exclusive: leaseholders and SHAC join forces to oppose freeholders’ High Court challenge
Leaseholders and the Social Housing Action Campaign have joined forces to oppose a High Court challenge being brought by freeholders against government reforms.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
SHAC and Partners in the Press:
We're fighting landlords intent on clinging onto the leasehold system, and who are cynically using human rights laws to do so. Stand with us to support the action led by Free Leaseholders.
#endservicechargeabuse
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/exclusi...
We're fighting landlords intent on clinging onto the leasehold system, and who are cynically using human rights laws to do so. Stand with us to support the action led by Free Leaseholders.
#endservicechargeabuse
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/exclusi...
SHAC on BBC News
Thx BBC London News & @meghanowen.bsky.social for report on outrageous overcharging by Notting Hill Genesis.
NHG claims that charging for a lift that doesn't exist is a 'budget error'. Laughable if it wasn't causing such misery!
#endservicechargeabuse
Thx BBC London News & @meghanowen.bsky.social for report on outrageous overcharging by Notting Hill Genesis.
NHG claims that charging for a lift that doesn't exist is a 'budget error'. Laughable if it wasn't causing such misery!
#endservicechargeabuse
SHAC on BBC London - Notting Hill Genesis (NHG)
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We want to make sure the recent fantastic BBC coverage of service charge abuse brings meaningful change.
Please support & share!
change.org/ServiceCharg...
Demand laws that allow disputed charges to be paid to courts & only passed to landlords if they can prove legitimacy.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
Please support & share!
change.org/ServiceCharg...
Demand laws that allow disputed charges to be paid to courts & only passed to landlords if they can prove legitimacy.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
Sign the Petition
Disputed Service Charges Should be Payable to Courts Not Landlords
change.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:42 AM
We want to make sure the recent fantastic BBC coverage of service charge abuse brings meaningful change.
Please support & share!
change.org/ServiceCharg...
Demand laws that allow disputed charges to be paid to courts & only passed to landlords if they can prove legitimacy.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
Please support & share!
change.org/ServiceCharg...
Demand laws that allow disputed charges to be paid to courts & only passed to landlords if they can prove legitimacy.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
Hugely grateful to @pilc-campaigns.bsky.social for support and guidance, helping to give tenants and residents a voice and a platform.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.pilc.org.uk/blog/pilc-he...
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.pilc.org.uk/blog/pilc-he...
PILC helps Social Tenants challenge unfair service charges •
Last week PILC helped the Social Housing Action Campaign (SHAC) secure a meeting with the National Audit Office (NAO) who is also launching a preliminary investigation into the demands of the campaign...
www.pilc.org.uk
March 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Hugely grateful to @pilc-campaigns.bsky.social for support and guidance, helping to give tenants and residents a voice and a platform.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.pilc.org.uk/blog/pilc-he...
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
www.pilc.org.uk/blog/pilc-he...
SHAC on BBC News
Thx BBC London News & @meghanowen.bsky.social for report on outrageous overcharging by Notting Hill Genesis.
NHG claims that charging for a lift that doesn't exist is a 'budget error'. Laughable if it wasn't causing such misery!
#endservicechargeabuse
Thx BBC London News & @meghanowen.bsky.social for report on outrageous overcharging by Notting Hill Genesis.
NHG claims that charging for a lift that doesn't exist is a 'budget error'. Laughable if it wasn't causing such misery!
#endservicechargeabuse
SHAC on BBC London - Notting Hill Genesis (NHG)
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
SHAC on BBC News
Thx BBC London News & @meghanowen.bsky.social for report on outrageous overcharging by Notting Hill Genesis.
NHG claims that charging for a lift that doesn't exist is a 'budget error'. Laughable if it wasn't causing such misery!
#endservicechargeabuse
Thx BBC London News & @meghanowen.bsky.social for report on outrageous overcharging by Notting Hill Genesis.
NHG claims that charging for a lift that doesn't exist is a 'budget error'. Laughable if it wasn't causing such misery!
#endservicechargeabuse
▶️ Signing is not enough!
🚩 We need all to share and badger others to sign too!
🔥 #EndServiceChargeAbuse
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
🚩 We need all to share and badger others to sign too!
🔥 #EndServiceChargeAbuse
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Create and fund third party regulator scheme for service charge disputes
Create a scheme where disputed service charges are payable to courts or similar body and only passed to landlords if they can prove the charge's legitimacy. Otherwise, the money returns to the tenant/...
petition.parliament.uk
July 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
▶️ Signing is not enough!
🚩 We need all to share and badger others to sign too!
🔥 #EndServiceChargeAbuse
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
🚩 We need all to share and badger others to sign too!
🔥 #EndServiceChargeAbuse
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
You can hear Lisa's despair when she says:
"I am constantly locked in a losing battle with One Housing ... It feels like gaslighting and is incredibly frustrating”.
But we are not helpless. We can fight back. See SHAC's campaign to #EndServiceChargeAbuse.
shaction.org/2024/11/11/o...
"I am constantly locked in a losing battle with One Housing ... It feels like gaslighting and is incredibly frustrating”.
But we are not helpless. We can fight back. See SHAC's campaign to #EndServiceChargeAbuse.
shaction.org/2024/11/11/o...
https://shaction.org/2024/11/11/ohg…
November 16, 2024 at 9:55 PM
You can hear Lisa's despair when she says:
"I am constantly locked in a losing battle with One Housing ... It feels like gaslighting and is incredibly frustrating”.
But we are not helpless. We can fight back. See SHAC's campaign to #EndServiceChargeAbuse.
shaction.org/2024/11/11/o...
"I am constantly locked in a losing battle with One Housing ... It feels like gaslighting and is incredibly frustrating”.
But we are not helpless. We can fight back. See SHAC's campaign to #EndServiceChargeAbuse.
shaction.org/2024/11/11/o...
New SHAC Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIa...
SHAC member Francesco speaks on rising & inaccurate service charges (he recouped £15K+ for his estate), declining standards of service & the difficulties of engaging with his landlord.
It's why we're campaigning so hard to
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIa...
SHAC member Francesco speaks on rising & inaccurate service charges (he recouped £15K+ for his estate), declining standards of service & the difficulties of engaging with his landlord.
It's why we're campaigning so hard to
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
.
SHAC Member Francesco on Service Charge Abuse
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2024 at 1:14 PM
New SHAC Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIa...
SHAC member Francesco speaks on rising & inaccurate service charges (he recouped £15K+ for his estate), declining standards of service & the difficulties of engaging with his landlord.
It's why we're campaigning so hard to
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIa...
SHAC member Francesco speaks on rising & inaccurate service charges (he recouped £15K+ for his estate), declining standards of service & the difficulties of engaging with his landlord.
It's why we're campaigning so hard to
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
.
Thanks Inside Housing and @jamesriding.bsky.social for reporting the strategic action we want from govt to #EndServiceChargeAbuse, backed by 26 MPs. Plus request to National Audit Office to investigate landlords overcharging the benefits system.
#ShacAction
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mps-cal...
#ShacAction
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mps-cal...
MPs call for spending watchdog to investigate alleged service charge abuse by landlords
A group of 26 MPs have urged the UK spending watchdog to investigate alleged service charge abuse by landlords.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thanks Inside Housing and @jamesriding.bsky.social for reporting the strategic action we want from govt to #EndServiceChargeAbuse, backed by 26 MPs. Plus request to National Audit Office to investigate landlords overcharging the benefits system.
#ShacAction
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mps-cal...
#ShacAction
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mps-cal...
SHAC Article - Richard's hilarious account of the service charge racket @ Riverside Housing Group. It'll make you laugh. It'll make you cry. If you're affected, you will recognise the practices whichever landlord you're with.
shaction.org/2025/06/16/t...
Please like & share.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
shaction.org/2025/06/16/t...
Please like & share.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
Social Housing Action CampaignThe Housing Mafia’s Service Charge Racket
By Richard Simpson, a registered blind tenant of Riverside Housing If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if a crime family decided to take over a housing association, let me introduce you to Ri…
shaction.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
SHAC Article - Richard's hilarious account of the service charge racket @ Riverside Housing Group. It'll make you laugh. It'll make you cry. If you're affected, you will recognise the practices whichever landlord you're with.
shaction.org/2025/06/16/t...
Please like & share.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
shaction.org/2025/06/16/t...
Please like & share.
#EndServiceChargeAbuse
Thx BBC Morning Live for excellent coverage of our #EndServiceChargeAbuse campaign.
Coincides with confirmation that National Audit Office has launched an initial investigation + will meet with SHAC to review evidence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsBW...
Check us out at shaction.org/service-char...
Coincides with confirmation that National Audit Office has launched an initial investigation + will meet with SHAC to review evidence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsBW...
Check us out at shaction.org/service-char...
SHAC Film - BBC Morning Live Featuring the End Service Charge Abuse Campaign
YouTube video by The Social Housing Action Campaign
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Thx BBC Morning Live for excellent coverage of our #EndServiceChargeAbuse campaign.
Coincides with confirmation that National Audit Office has launched an initial investigation + will meet with SHAC to review evidence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsBW...
Check us out at shaction.org/service-char...
Coincides with confirmation that National Audit Office has launched an initial investigation + will meet with SHAC to review evidence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsBW...
Check us out at shaction.org/service-char...
A reminder of this protest tomorrow. Come & support tenants, shared owners & leaseholders holding the powers that be to account. #SHAC #DecentHomesForAll #EndServiceChargeAbuse
Please Join SHAC protestors outside the London Home Show next weekend.
It’s the sales show for shared ownership in the capital, and we’re going to be there to tell prospective buyers the truth about this toxic tenure! 🚩🚩🚩
It’s the sales show for shared ownership in the capital, and we’re going to be there to tell prospective buyers the truth about this toxic tenure! 🚩🚩🚩
April 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A reminder of this protest tomorrow. Come & support tenants, shared owners & leaseholders holding the powers that be to account. #SHAC #DecentHomesForAll #EndServiceChargeAbuse
Thanks @jonungoedthomas.bsky.social & Guardian for quoting SHAC & highlighting how service charges are kept artificially low at point of sale, then skyrocket after, pricing people out of their homes. We're working with PILC to expose & #EndServiceChargeAbuse.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK housing associations accused of mis-selling ‘affordable’ homes as service charges soar by up to 400%
Buyers say they were misled over likely rise in costs after they moved in, which are now ‘ruining people’s lives’
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Thanks @jonungoedthomas.bsky.social & Guardian for quoting SHAC & highlighting how service charges are kept artificially low at point of sale, then skyrocket after, pricing people out of their homes. We're working with PILC to expose & #EndServiceChargeAbuse.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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...
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
www.youtube.com
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...