Tackling Stigma or Protecting the System?
Stop Social Housing Stigma presents itself as a tenant-led movement, but its funding and partnerships tell another story. Supported by housing associations and sector bodies, it has become part of the very system it claims to challenge — a comfortable echo chamber where executives applaud their own progress while tenants remain unheard.
The Stigma with Stop Social Housing Stigma
There’s been a wave of publicity recently around the Stop Social Housing Stigma campaign — a movement said to have been born in the aftermath of Grenfell. And yes, it’s on record: residents were dismissed, labelled as troublemakers, and ignored when they raised concerns that, in hindsight, were deadly serious.