Thread by @BalfronSocial

"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."

Nobody I spoke to was aware of this.

electoralreform.co.uk/case-studies/p…

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. @PlacesJournal

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.

balfronsocialclub.org/2019/01/16/dis…

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.

balfronsocialclub.org/2015/04/13/bru…

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.

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.

balfronsocialclub.org/2015/07/02/twe…

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.

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