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In photos: campaigners demand that evicted Brixton mum is rehoused
Campaigners gathered outside Olive Morris House in Brixton yesterday afternoon, demanding that evicted mother of two Clavia Chambers be immediately rehoused. The council reacted by closing down by the...
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Lambeth Council and private renting: Clavia’s case shows how anyone can...
In the wake of the shocking eviction of mother of two Clavia Chambers last week, Lambeth Housing Activists (LHA) have posted up a thought provoking piece illustrating just how easy it can be to end up...
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Brixton Arches: Network Rail and Lambeth Council conspire to strip Brixton of...
Network Rail’s plans to cleanse and transform Brixton Arches from its former community of useful, diverse and friendly local shops, tenants and traders into a series of box-fresh identical arches and...
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Campaigners to lobby Lib Peck over evicted mum, Clavia Chambers: Thu 7th...
Last month, Clavia Chambers and her two young children were evicted from their Brixton home and denied rehousing by Lambeth council. In protest, she subsequently re-occupied the flat before the police...
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Clavia eviction: campaigners post open letter to Lib Peck, Chuka Umunna, Kate...
Over a month after mother of two Clavia Chambers was evicted from her house and made homeless by Lambeth Council, local campaigners have penned an open letter to council leaders imploring them that...
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Brixton Arches and Network Rail: Cash from chaos as the shambles continues
The utterly ludicrous and totally avoidable shambles that Network Rail have instigated within the viaduct at Brixton’s town centre may well be coming towards its denouement as these low budget and...
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Lambeth Council petition: Rent arrears is not ‘intentional homelessness’
Over a month after mother of two Clavia Chambers was evicted from her Brixton home and made homeless by Lambeth Council, campaigners are now trying to persuade Lambeth council to remove the definition...
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Clavia eviction: Lambeth uphold their view that Clavia is intentionally homeless
In August 2017, Clavia Chambers and her two young children were evicted from their Brixton home and denied rehousing by Lambeth council. Campaigners have kept up the pressure for her to be rehoused...
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Brixton Arches and Network Rail: Brixton’s depressing Dead Zone likely to...
The depressing site of a long line of boarded-up small businesses continues to dominate the centre of Brixton, as Network Rail’s unpopular redevelopment scheme continues to drag its heels. Here’s the...
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The dead heart of Brixton: the closed railway arches of Atlantic Road and...
With Christmas season now in full flow, it’s heartbreaking to witness the sight of the closed arches along Brixton Station Road and Atlantic Road. Once home to a thriving strip of independent...
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Brixton Arches latest – Brixton’s dead zone lives on with work unlikely to be...
With Brixton blighted by the continuing existence of a depressing ‘dead zone’ along Atlantic Road and Station Road, there seems to be little progress with Network Rail’s unpopular redevelopment...
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‘Nobody is Intentionally Homeless’– Lobby of Lambeth Council meeting, Weds...
Campaigners will be lobbying Lambeth Council tomorrow, Wednesday 24th January, and calling for support for people who find themselves homeless after suffering problems with benefit payments.. Last...
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Brixton Arches: 3 Year Anniversary Action in support of the remaining...
This weekend marks the three long years since Brixton Buzz broke the story that Network Rail intended to redevelop the Brixton Arches and evict all the traders. Despite a concerted campaign of...
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The End of Brixton Station Road Market?
It is almost 3 years to the day in February 2015 since Network Rail rolled out their plans to dismantle the long established and well loved community of traders and shopkeepers within Brixton Arches,...
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Opinion: Network Rail’s redevelopment of the Brixton Arches could inflict...
With Network Rail’s development of Brixton arches about to commence, the remaining tenants still trading within Brixton arches and the stall holders of Brixton Station Road external market are now...
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Brixton Arches: Community comes out in force for anniversary solidarity...
Three years ago, Network Rail announced their plans to redevelop the Brixton Arches, resulting in the eviction of many small businesses and the creation of a ‘dead zone’ in the heart of Brixton. The...
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Save Brixton Arches campaign releases video and statement as work finally...
Last Saturday, we reported on the Brixton Arches third anniversary solidarity action, and the Save Brixton Arches campaign has now released a press statement and video with more information about the...
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Save Brixton Arches – final statement released as the remaining traders leave...
After a prolonged and formidable fight, the remaining traders in the Brixton arches will be moving out this Saturday. This will mark the end of the Save Brixton Arches campaign who battled so hard to...
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In photos: Goodbye to Brixton’s Budget Carpets
These were the sad scenes on Atlantic Road yesterday as the former premises of the popular Budget Carpets store in Brixton were stripped out by workmen. The independent carpet company were forced out...
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Brixton Arches update, Jan 2018 – when will the businesses return?
It is three years since Network Rail started evicting many well-loved traders and long established family businesses from the arches and kiosks along Brixton Station Road and Atlantic Road, thereby...
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