Housing experiences & impact- Portabello market Flashcards

1
Q

Caribbean migrants faced hostility. A …. London landlords’ survey showed ..% would
not rent to them. Notting hill’ slum housing was one area where they could rent

A

90

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2
Q

Landlords bought up large cheap bomb damaged houses and turned them into
……with multiple families and even several people sharing a room.

A

HMO’S ( home of multiple occupants)

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3
Q

Along with rents … or ….. times of white tenants , houses were overcrowded and all had
to share one kitchen and ……… ( like 1700-1900 Irish 60 to a loo; Jews 14 a House)

A

2-3

bathroom

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4
Q

Migrants had no legal rights over prices or eviction unlike existing white tenants who
had ‘statutory tenancy’. Changed only in …. …..Act &… ………… Act

A

Rent (1965 and 68)

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5
Q

One infamous landlord who owned over 100 properties , all HMOs and used thugs to
enforce rents , leaving many in poor states with no repairs was…

A

Peter Rachman

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6
Q

In …. Bruce …………..set up the Notting Hill Housing Trust. By 1970 they provided
affordable and decent homes to ….. people. These actions helped improve housing

A

1963
Kenrick

1,000

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7
Q

Caribbean migrants set up groups to help fund deposits for houses. …….. set up
may of thesee schemes, common in the Caribbean , called ……..schemes.

A

Sam King

pardner

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8
Q

Portobello market had been a fruit and vegetable market from the late 1800s. Caribbean
migrants starts selling foods like yams, breadfruit and sweet ………….

A

potatoes

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9
Q

Portobello market also saw Caribbean cafes like …….. Many music venues and
music shops spread , especially when ……records moved near there in ……

A

Las Palmas

Island

1969

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