Joanne Davidson, Chair of Hastings Area Southern Housing Tenants Association (HASHTA) writes about her frustrating experience trying to get repairs carried out in her Southern Housing home. The problems started with my kitchen as far back as 2006 when 1066 (as it was at the time) replaced the kitchen. You could see damp issues when…
A tenant at Royal Terrace – preferring to remain anonymous – discusses living conditions there. On the back of the release of the bone-chilling statistics that one in 64 are homeless in Hastings, it can seem a little churlish to complain about problems with any landlord. And throw in the pitiful availability of housing stock…
Simon Lee, secretary of Hastings Area Southern Housing Tenants’ Association, reflects on the living situation in a local housing association estate. Anyone who has lived in the Four Courts will know that the most frequently asked question of anyone is ‘how long have you been here’? When I arrived just over a year ago, I…
Lizzie Beck It might take a minute for this to sink in. The latest statistics from a report carried out by homelessness charity Shelter reveal one in 64 are homeless in Hastings. Both shocking yet oddly unsurprising, these figures lay out in black and white the genuine crisis hitting our town. The cause for the…
Alan Mathison, Hastings Branch Secretary, Unite the Union Have you ever thought about joining a trade union? The Hastings branch of Unite the Union is holding our Annual General Meeting on March 12th and we want to open it up to anyone in the town who is interested in finding out what our union is…