Open House 2013, County Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 4AD

Housing the people of London is a growing problem. This unique bottom-up community-led nine day event Open House 2013 deals exclusively with the problem of housing in London. It brings together people facing the housing crisis to organise and take action around collective housing needs through a skill share on legal observing, a workshop on how to set up a housing co-op, a Q&A session on tenants’ rights, a talk on gentrification, crowdversations as well as talks by high-profile thinkers on what is happening with housing around us – architecture critic Owen Hatherley, professor Danny Dorling and senior economist at the New Ecomonic Foundation James Meadway. Today is the final day and to round up The Community Food Growers Network is presenting the talk Land and Housing Struggles: Past and Present from 5pm. Head over for also for a chat with the event organisers and for more information on any aspect of housing. For more information, visit: Open House London.