Demand Fair Retrofits

From Living Rent

SUPPORT LOCHEND RESIDENTS DEMANDING FAIR RETROFITS: PROTEST AT EDINBURGH CITY CHAMBERS

Edinburgh City Chambers 10am Tuesday 27th August. (Meet outside Cafe Nero from 9:30)

Lochend is in the midst of a Council-led repair and retrofit project (“MTIS”) covering more than 400 homes, work that’s desperately needed to address years of neglect, reduce fuel poverty and climate-proof our community. But the Council’s plan leaves working class flat owners facing vast invoices, private tenants risking eviction, and social tenants missing out too when their neighbours can’t afford to pay.

In one of the most deprived areas of Edinburgh, this is not what climate justice looks like. Members of Lochend Living Rent have been campaigning for a retrofit programme done with us not to us, with enough support to ensure no-one is forced into poverty or out of their home. It’s vital the Council gets this right, now, before it rolls the scheme out to other communities.

Please join us at the City Chambers as we demand a real just transition for Lochend and beyond!

Let us know you’re coming: https://www.livingrent.org/tell_the_council_insulate_lochend_fairly

Read a member’s piece in the Architects’ Journal about the problems with the present scheme: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion/edinburgh-councils-retrofit-strategy-is-an-orwellian-nightmare

Sign our open letter to the Council: https://www.livingrent.org/insulate_lochend_fairly