wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
One of the squatters I know there just received a notice to quit today
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Rushcroft road: notice to quit
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Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Some of them have been there for decades.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
can't believe there are any still left...
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
yes, he's been worried about this for a while. Hopefully there will be some time for people to get something sorted, it doesn't very easy at this time from what I've heard from other people being evicted in this period.Not good at all, have many close friends who squat there.Was only a matter of time though tbh.
I'm wondering if they are going to go for an all in one "event" or try staggered evictions, either by flats or by buildings.
AKA pseudonym
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are these personal addressed letters? if so... how did they know names
are these personal addressed letters? if so... how did they know names
They don't need to be afaik.
AKA pseudonym
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so its a general letter addressed to the gaff?
feck it then... the 'new laws' don't come into effect until september?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Not sure about the legality of applying them retrospectively (i.e. I don't think it's legal to do people under the new laws if they originally occupied the squat when squatting was legally permissible), either.
AKA pseudonym
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thats my thinking too....
just concerned if 'they' are addressing individuals rather than the collective.....
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
As I haven't really had anything to do with squatting for over 20 years, I'm not sure how current my knowledge is, but you can't issue notice to quit to "the occupier", as far as I remember, it has to be to a specific person or persons.
If they have addressed them to the individuals, there's still the matter of what set of laws they're doing it under, and whether they've bothered to do things properly, though.
When our block was evicted from Rushcroft Road in 2009 none of the correspondence was personally addressed. It made no difference http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/evictions-in-rushcroft-road-brixton.209361/
AKA pseudonym
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AKA pseudonym
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It's gonna be a big london issue due to the fundalympics... major crackdowns ahead....Tbh I think they're just cracking down on everyone. The people I spoke to tonight have been there between 6 months and well over 10 years and fairly legit with the council. It seems like a full sweep to me
It has happened every time the sponsors come to town.....
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
yep, one of the persons in his block has been there since 1978
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Thought it might be now I've seen the letter, basically the council is sending some of their people in to see who they "have to" rehome next Monday, then if the deadline is missed bailiffs come into the picture.Make that 4 now
yep, "persons unknown" "unlawful occupier" whatever the term is
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
They've had possession orders from the court for (ASAIK) all the individual properties (with persons unknown listed) for several years now.
AKA pseudonym
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woah.... if someone has been there from '78.... 34 years... do they not technically own the premises?
eta: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/BuyingAndSellingYourHome/Owningproperty/DG_196292
eta: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/BuyingAndSellingYourHome/Owningproperty/DG_196292
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
I'm not a specialist on this but from what i remember from various past cases of people I know I think the 12 years "rule" involves a clause of no contact with the owner and no attempt from them to repossess the premises.
editor
hiraethified
I'm written a piece here documenting the whole sad story:
http://www.urban75.org/blog/brixton...-rushcroft-road-residents-get-notice-to-quit/
http://www.urban75.org/blog/brixton...-rushcroft-road-residents-get-notice-to-quit/
Brixton Blog
Member
Hi all,
I am Zoe from the Brixton Blog. We'd like to write a piece on the Rushcroft Rd evictions and it would be great to interview some of the residents affected. I wondered if wemakeyousoundb or nipsla might be able to help us get in contact with someone. Brixton Blog should be covering more of this news where we haven't before. Thanks for the blog post above, editor - it's great.
Zoe
I am Zoe from the Brixton Blog. We'd like to write a piece on the Rushcroft Rd evictions and it would be great to interview some of the residents affected. I wondered if wemakeyousoundb or nipsla might be able to help us get in contact with someone. Brixton Blog should be covering more of this news where we haven't before. Thanks for the blog post above, editor - it's great.
Zoe
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Ah, right.
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