Hamilton Lodge

In the 19th century we in Great Britain had the workhouse to house destitute families.
In socialist Russia there was the gulag.
Now here in Forest Hill we will have “The Hostel” to accommodate families
who for what ever reason have fallen on hard times.
It is easy to understand that the council has to do something about the
growing housing crisis and the option of sending people to “The Hostel”
will probably deter quite a few desperate people from knocking at Lewisham councils door in the first place.
For those who go through with what will seem like a punishment process with overcrowding, shared toilets and bathrooms and communal cooking, not to mention noisy sleepless nights. There will be the hope that at the end of this nightmare there will be affordable housing made available to them.

So for all of the local people who are saying not in my back yard and all of the smug
People who are saying it’s not in my back yard, maybe our thought’s should go to the
future inmates of “The Hostel”.