Monthly Economic Justice Issue meeting: Housing & Income insecurity
Our monthly economic justice issue group meeting where this month we will be developing actions to address housing and income insecurity, key determinants of the unequal impact of the pandemic.
Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19
Watch a recording of our Action Call with London Renters Union & Pathways where we discussed the interconnected issues of housing justice and health equity.
This is an uprising, but can it be a revolution….
This piece was written during the peak of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the wake of BLM protests and the global uprising against racism during a devastating pandemic, we are left thinking about what our society could look like – post hyperawareness of this...Mitigating public health risk from evictions
Sixteen of the UK’s leading public health organisations have written to Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick urging him to extend the eviction ban due to be lifted Monday to avoid an evictions and homelessness crisis that could significantly contribute to an...Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19
The government plans to lift its eviction ban for rental tenants on 24th August. The ensuing wave of evictions will have dire consequences for housing security and overall public health. Join us to find out what you can do to help.
Urgent meeting ─ organising against the end of the eviction ban
On the 24th of August the eviction ban will be lifted. This will have some serious repercussions on housing insecurity that translate to risks of COVID19 transmission and wider public health impact from the loss of housing or potential homelessness. Planning...Economic Justice & Health Group – third meeting
Our next group meeting will focus on orientation of the issue group. We will spend time organizing what training, resources and actions are required. We will hear back from our working groups and decide on how they will work together. RSVP below for joining details on...COVID-19 and economic justice: a GPs perspective
Clare Andrews, a GP in East London and co-ordinator of Medact London, writes about her experiences as a clinician during the coronavirus crisis.
Medact Research Network: Economic Justice Research Meeting
The Medact Research Network will be convening for an Economic Justice research meeting on Wednesday 24 June, 6.30pm – 8.00pm Further details on how to join the meeting will be posted shortly. If you have any questions, please email Hilary, our Research...Economic Justice & Health Group – second meeting
In our second group meeting we will go deeper into the roles and function of the working groups, where we are in the campaign cycle and moving forward the actions from our Building Economic Justice webinar.