38 Degrees and Sisters Uncut have started a petition to save a womens’ hostel in Whitechapel – we’d encourage you to read and sign it! You can sign the petition here.

Tower Hamlets council is evicting over 100 vulnerable residents from Hopetown women-only hostel in Whitechapel. The council is closing the hostel and cutting women-only hostel beds in the borough by one third. They have issued eviction notices and are forcing residents to move to mixed gender accommodation or sending them miles away out of borough.

East End Sisters Uncut are calling on Tower Hamlets council to:

  • Keep Hopetown Hostel open
  • Retain ALL of its women-only hostel beds
  • Invest in social housing and support services for women and non-binary people