Nottingham Indymedia: 'nottingham_city_homes'

No Evictions campaign targets council leader

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:24:44 +0000

Nottingham City Council leader Jon Collins was targeted by anti-evictions campaigners who demonstrated outside his home on Hucknall Road yesterday. Collins was singled out as having made threats to evict the families of those found to be involved in the August riots. Campaigners have also leafleted affected families offering practical support. They call the moves to evict council tenants “spiteful” and say they should be fought.

Newswire: No Evictions campaign targets Jon Collins | No Riot Evictions | Stop Jon Collins’ vindictive evictions

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Stop Jon Collins' vindictive evictions

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:59:09 +0000

In the aftermath of the riots in Nottingham, Council Leader Jon Collins has sought to win some cheap political brownie points with reactionaries by seeking to evict the families of any rioters in council houses. This follows the first riot-related eviction notice given by Wandsworth Council in London on Friday. This double punishment for rioters as well as the collective punishment meted out to their families is not only wrong in itself but will create more of the resentment and social problems that sparked the riots in the first place. It is also extremely hypocritical for Jon Collins to call for the evictions of small-time looters whilst his Council has refused to investigate the misallocation of social housing to employees, relatives and friends of NCH employees in which a number of council members are implicated.

The sports club at the heart of NCH scandal

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:03:46 +0000

Today the Nottingham Post has claimed it has new evidence relating to the Nottingham City Homes scandal. The article suggests that members of a sports club whose name they refuse to reveal may have benefitted from preferential treatment in the allocation of houses. I'm not so coy as the Post and I'd suggest that the sports club in question is the West Indian Cavaliers Cricket Club whose Honorary Secretary is the disgraced former director of operations of NCH, Tyron Browne.