A protest is being held today against the ‘social cleansing’ of the West Hendon estate in Barnet.
Residents and housing campaigners have joined together to protest against plans to demolish council homes and replace them with private housing.
The protest group claims the council has ‘conned’ residents, with say around 200 families facing eviction from their homes by the end of March.
Pilgrim Tucker, Unite community coordinator, said: ‘What the council is doing is effectively socially cleansing the area. Buying up residents homes at half of what they’re worth and forcing them away from their families.
‘We know from what happened at New Era that people can take on the council’s and the private landlords and win.’
Jasmin Parsons, resident and member of campaign group Our West Hendon, said they were living in fear over the plans: ‘Our West Hendon has organised this day of action to show Barnet council and Barratt Homes that our estate is not a tool in their ‘get rich quick’ plan but people’s homes and lives.’
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