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Help Block the Block take MCC to Court
Block the Block have launched a fundraising campaign to challenge Manchester City Council's decision to approve a controversial student accommodation development in Hulme....
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GMTU Statement: Jas Athwal should resign; Lucy Powell wrong to defend him
GMTU is calling for Jas Athwal to resign and for an investigation to be undertaken over housing law violations...
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Hands Off Collyhurst
Collyhurst is currently facing the prospect of more social housing demolitions as part of the planned Victoria North redevelopment - a joint-venture between...
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GMTU Anti Racism Committee statement on recent far right attacks
The recent 'far right' attacks on our communities have caused significant harms and created a climate of fear which needs to be addressed...
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Middleton Makes Some Noise!
Middleton Branch took to the streets on Wednesday 10th July to gather public support for their on-going dispute...
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Report from our All Members Meeting
We had our All Members Meeting in June with a special focus on our branches in the North of Greater Manchester...
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Learning From Madrid
Last month, upon return from Encuentro, we held a panel conversation with Greater Manchester based organisers and our Spanish union comrades!...
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Tenants of the World - UNITE!
Our delegates returned, brimming with new ideas and bolstered by their conversations with other tenant activists. When asked what impressed them...
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Researching Developers and Landlords: A tenant's how-to guide
Fighting against your landlord as a tenant can be daunting without support. It can be hard to know where to look to find out what your rights are...
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Another Successful All Members Meeting
On Saturday the 9th March, we held our All Members Meeting at Brunswick Parish Church. This was well attended with
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Our Response to Riverside Group
Inside Housing published an article on 20th Dec where Riverside Group expressed 'deep concern' after a child was hospitalised due to mould in their home. The following is our response to that article.
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GMTU Continue Work With Unit 38 Architects
In December we welcomed back Unit 38 Architects to work with members in two of the key neighbourhoods where we are carrying out long term community organising...
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GMTU Satement on Palestine
Greater Manchester Tenants Union has always fought to uphold the right to safe and secure housing for all...
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GMTU on the Final Leg of Renters Exchange
In September, GMTU members attended a weekend of workshops, debate and celebration of achievements of housing unions...
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GMTU Attend Ella Baker School of Organising
Over the weekend of 8-10th September, a delegation of GMTU staff and members attended the Ella Baker School of Organising, which was held in Liverpool...
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Fighting To Win
It may be controversial, to some, to compare the language and policies of the British government towards refugees with the language of “1930s Germany”, but in truth there are ...
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CATU Ireland Summer School
The last 10 years has seen rapid growth of tenants' movements across Britain and Ireland. Over this decade, housing policy has been failing the vast majority of people...
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Athens Conference Sparks Renters' Exchange
Over the next year, Greater Manchester Tenants Union will be organising a series of exchanges with our sister unions in Ireland (CATU) and London (LRU), to facilitate...
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London Day of Action - March 2023
On Tuesday 21st March 2023, we took part in one of the largest coordinated political actions taken by private renters in UK history...
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GMTU statement on the Housing Ombudsman special report into RBH 28.03.23
The Housing Ombudsman special report on Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has exposed the organisation's institutional racism, disdain for tenants, and a reprehensible absence of human compassion and empathy...
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They Blocked the Block… What's Next?
Town and city planning in the UK is a very 'top-down' affair. Developers make proposals to councils, and local communities are told what they are going to get, rather than being asked what they think is needed...
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Swarbrick Must Go
The rot starts at the top. Swarbrick must go. Awaab Ishak and his family's suffering were ignored by RBH, who tried to blame 'cultural factors'. While Awaab's family were grieving, RBH bosses enjoyed massive pay hikes...
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Our Letter to Andy Burnham
While the cost of housing is one of the most pressing national issues, it is felt acutely by renters in Greater Manchester. While luxury flats have sprung up in the city centre...
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The Cost of Living Crisis in Aquarius Tower Blocks
A report from GMTU, CLASS and leaders from the Aquarius estate in Hulme. “I am having to reduce the quality of food, so I only buy fruit and vegetables at the weekend. Then I can survive on flour-based cooking...
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Hulme Tenants support Taphouse TV Dinners
Over the past few years the Old Abbey Taphouse in Hulme, supported by a number of community groups, has been delivering free meals to local residents in need. The Hulme branch of the Tenants Union has now agreed...
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All Members Meeting - July 2022
We had a vibrant and successful All Members Meeting last Saturday. 25 members attended the event at Methodist Central Hall to find out more about GMTU, our strategy, vote on proposals and...
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NYC Tenants - Lessons for the Fightback
Last year, London-based housing writer, researcher and organiser Glyn Robbins spent six months living in the Bronx, learning about New York City's organised tenants movement...
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GMTU on the March
We attended the People's Assembly Cost of Living Demo on April 2nd - a 'rolling rally' where the march was interspersed with stopping points...
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Solidarity with CHEP workers
At our Committee meeting in March we voted unanimously to support the CHEP workers in their dispute. Running for over 17 weeks...
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Urban Flop
Tenants living in the 'Chips building' in New Islington got in touch with us recently asking for our help...
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Manchester City Fans Foodbank Support Affiliate to GMTU
For over a year GMTU has had a working partnership with Manchester City FFS. Joint work has included outreach efforts on match days...
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Young Black Lives in the Inner City
Last year, Greater Manchester Tenants Union and Repeater Books co-hosted an online discussion on the themes of Joy White's book 'Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City'...
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Student housing: from ghost towns to abandonment?
In the first of series of articles examining the racialised impact of student accommodation in the wards of South Manchester, Nigel de Noronha examines the background to the growth in...
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New Report Tracks Impact of Short-Term Lets in Manchester Neighbourhoods
The report, written by academics, journalists and members of Greater Manchester Tenants Union and Greater Manchester Housing Action,
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On the Verge
Everyone knows there's a crisis. We're short of homes, be it good affordable places to rent or Traveller sites; there aren't enough good landlords; too many evictions and a legal system biased against the tenant.
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Annual General Meeting 2021
No need to remember to unmute or worry about your dodgy internet connection - pop down to the Jain Centre in Longsight on Saturday, October 23rd for our 2021 AGM.
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No more 'Extend and Pretend'. Rent debt cancellation now!
Early last summer we realised tenants were falling into arrears as a direct result of the crisis. GMTU along with other tenant organisations, charities and unions...
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Renters' Reforms - Queen's Speech 2021
We received a whopping 158 page document - “Queens Speech 2021 Pack” which contained quotes from the speech and the government's comments for each.
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Housing Question Time
We invited four of the candidates for Greater Manchester mayor to a Housing Question Time event and sent them the manifesto to read over in advance of the event.
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GM Renters Manifesto
For the last 6 months, renters across Greater Manchester have been coming together to discuss what the most pressing issues are for us today in the lead up to the Mayoral elections.
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Introducing the Greater Manchester Tenants Union
Tenants Union UK is changing. From this autumn we will be focussing our organisational efforts on housing issues in Greater Manchester. We will work to strengthen and...