@SaveOurHomeLS26

Community activists who fought demolition of our Leeds homes. Lost in 2021, most evicted. Still raising voices against housing insecurity.

 Leeds
Www.saveourhomesls26.org
Joined October 2017
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Jessica Field@DrJ_FieldSep 15
My book Eviction was published a year ago today and a lot has changed since then: the end of Section 21 no fault evictions, end of fixed term tenancies, longer notice periods. Crucial gains, long overdue. BUT the system still allows landlords to force tenants out.
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Very good article. The paperback book comes out next week. Read this and see our fight trying to save our homes .
Jessica Field@DrJ_FieldSep 12
Very chuffed to see an excerpt from my book Eviction (with @VersoBooks) featured in @thenation today. The excerpted parts focus on mum and our shared exhaustion as a housing insecure family - speaking to daily battles faced by renting families everywhere thenation.com/article/archiv…

Notes From Evictionland

Eviction is practically baked into the way Britain manages its tenanted homes. Here’s how it played out—over and over again—for my parents.

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Hazell Field@dunstable08Aug 23
Have a look at this @Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner @andyburnham
ResidentActionGroup@SaveOurHomeLS26Aug 23
Section 21 evictions haven’t finished yet! Landlord court filings have risen.. we know exactly what waiting for bailiffs feels like. Huge rent rises are forcing people out too. London tenants’ rent up by 43%! New article by our @DrJ_Field for @ZeteoUk: tinyurl.com/3e3e2v87

The Renters' Rights Act Is Not Enough to Fix a Broken System

Angela Rayner seems to view the Act as job done and both she and the PM have ruled out rent caps. But threats of a mass eviction in south London highlight the problems that remain.

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Section 21 evictions haven’t finished yet! Landlord court filings have risen.. we know exactly what waiting for bailiffs feels like. Huge rent rises are forcing people out too. London tenants’ rent up by 43%! New article by our @DrJ_Field for @ZeteoUk: tinyurl.com/3e3e2v87

The Renters' Rights Act Is Not Enough to Fix a Broken System

Angela Rayner seems to view the Act as job done and both she and the PM have ruled out rent caps. But threats of a mass eviction in south London highlight the problems that remain.

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Another group of people desperately trying to keep their homes. Mass eviction. Please share as much as possible labourhub.org.uk/2026/08/20/…

Temporary accommodation is no remedy for mass eviction – the St James case

By Jessica Field and Signe Gosmann Labour Councillor Andy Bates recently wrote about the shocking mass eviction underway in the St James estate, Southwark: 180 households being pushed out of their …

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We went through a very similar situation. Please share this to get as many signatures as possible
Hazell Field@dunstable08Aug 12
Please sign this and help the residents. change.org/p/protect-the-res…

Sign the Petition

Protect the Residents of St James Estate

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These people are going through something similar to what happened to us. Please sign and share as much as possible change.org/p/protect-the-res…

Sign the Petition

Protect the Residents of St James Estate

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Jessica Field@DrJ_FieldMay 6
Please share @unitecomleeds @ACORNLeeds @SaveOurHomeLS26
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Please read and retweet. Very interesting report. justlife.org.uk/our-work/res…

Lifelines

The temporary accommodation crisis did not come from nowhere. Families moved miles from home Children's education is disrupted People are losing access…

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Jessica Field@DrJ_FieldJun 9
England's temporary accommodation crisis isn't a failure of policy or finances. It's the system working as built. In LIFELINES, a @Justlife report out today, I explore how –from Victorians to New Labour– we got into this mess. And how to get out of it: justlife.org.uk/our-work/res…
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Homeless House@_HomelessHouseMay 28
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Hazell Field@dunstable08May 13
If in Leeds on the 20th May, please get a ticket for this. Talking about housing. Author Jessica Field is on panel ticketsource.com/hold-fast-b…

What can we do about the housing crisis? at Wharf Chambers

Tickets are now available for What can we do about the housing crisis? at Wharf Chambers, Leeds on Wednesday 20th May 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

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If you are in Leeds on the 20th May 2026 then please come to this please retweet to #support and promote ticketsource.com/hold-fast-b…

What can we do about the housing crisis? at Wharf Chambers

Tickets are now available for What can we do about the housing crisis? at Wharf Chambers, Leeds on Wednesday 20th May 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

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Jessica Field@DrJ_FieldMay 6
Callout to Leeds folks: I'm hosting a panel: *What can we do about the housing crisis?* Weds 20 May, 19:00, Wharf Rooms. Feat.: Pratichi Chatterjee, Stuart Hodkinson, Paul Chatterton and HoldFast bookshop (coinciding with UK-REiiF boo hiss). Do come! shorturl.at/gbQIA
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BBC News - Renters' Rights Act: What it means for tenants and landlords - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjw…

Renters' Rights Act: What it means for tenants and landlords

The biggest shake up of renting rules in England for 30 years affects millions of people.

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Liz Webster
@LizWebsterSBFFeb 12
🆘 Privatisation has failed housing Right to Buy without replacement hollowed out social housing. Now we have: • Sky-high rents • Housing benefit soaring • Families stuck in insecure homes We’re living with the consequences of decisions made in the 1980s and never corrected. Housing is infrastructure and we treated it like a clearance sale. #bbcqt #CostOfLivingCrisis
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BBC News - Ground rents to be capped at £250 a year for leaseholders - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjn…

Ground rents to be capped at £250 a year for leaseholders

The reforms for England and Wales also include proposals to ban the sale of new leasehold flats.

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Thank goodness that they managed to get another hotel to stay the night. It was heartless to be turned away BBC News - Homeless men with bookings refused entry to Holiday Inn Express - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxy…

Homeless men with bookings refused entry to Holiday Inn Express

The men were told they could not stay in pre-booked rooms on a night when temperatures hit -6C (-21.2F).

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This book by Jessica Field is now on special offer at amazon. It's about our fight to try and save our homes amzn.eu/d/exGd6YZ

Eviction: A Social History of Rent

Grounded in personal experience, uncovers a hidden history of housing injustice and working-class resistance in what has become a perennial battleground for social conflict in modern Britain. In...

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We were a community but leeds council would not save our community BBC News - King's Christmas message urges communities to pull together in divided world - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce86…

King's speech 2025: Christmas message urges communities to pull together in divided world

He invokes the wartime spirit in his annual speech, delivered from Westminster Abbey.

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