Housing experiences & impact- Portabello market Flashcards
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
90
Landlords bought up large cheap bomb damaged houses and turned them into
……with multiple families and even several people sharing a room.
HMO’S ( home of multiple occupants)
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)
2-3
bathroom
Migrants had no legal rights over prices or eviction unlike existing white tenants who
had ‘statutory tenancy’. Changed only in …. …..Act &… ………… Act
Rent (1965 and 68)
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…
Peter Rachman
In …. Bruce …………..set up the Notting Hill Housing Trust. By 1970 they provided
affordable and decent homes to ….. people. These actions helped improve housing
1963
Kenrick
1,000
Caribbean migrants set up groups to help fund deposits for houses. …….. set up
may of thesee schemes, common in the Caribbean , called ……..schemes.
Sam King
pardner
Portobello market had been a fruit and vegetable market from the late 1800s. Caribbean
migrants starts selling foods like yams, breadfruit and sweet ………….
potatoes
Portobello market also saw Caribbean cafes like …….. Many music venues and
music shops spread , especially when ……records moved near there in ……
Las Palmas
Island
1969