Film Screening of Dispossession: The Great Housing Swindle

When

10/11/2017    
6:45 pm - 9:30 pm

Where

Exeter Street Hall
16 - 17 Exeter Street, Brighton, BN1 5PG

Event Type

Dispossession: The Great Housing Swindle

Free film screening followed by discussion
When: 6.45pm – 9.30pm Friday 10 November, 2017
Where: Exeter Street Hall, 16-17 Exeter St, Brighton. BN1 5PG

In 2017 housing rose to the top of the British political agenda for the first time in a generation. But despite the media spotlight, few stories examined the catastrophic long-term failures that resulted in a chronic shortage of social housing in the United Kingdom.

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle explores the agenda behind the neglect, demolition and regeneration of council estates in the U.K. over the past thirty years. The film reveals how individuals and communities are fighting against the state and private developers, as they try to save their homes from demolition, while investigating the decisions that turned a crisis into a tragedy.

Dispossession is the story of people who know that housing is not an expensive luxury, but a fundamental human right.

Doors Open at 6.45pm. Film Starts at 7pm. Discussion 8.30pm to 9.30pm.
Please bring food/snacks & drinks to share.

Watch the film trailer here