On saturday 5th february , I needed to restore some of my energy by having it infused  by the spirit  of Milicent  Garrett Fawcett , “ Courage calls to courage everywhere “ She inspired the start of my petition. 

We have something in common, she lived in a family open to good education for women from the 19th century. She was allowed a good education . I was allowed a good education too, living in a family in the 20th century. Education does not guarantee you a good paid job or a roof over your head that is yours to protect your well being.

We also have lots of differences . She was a politician and managed to fight successfully for the rights of women ...

My interest has always been to improve the health of people and help them understand how to empower themselves within the limitations we have. In the latter part of my life I need to attract attention to  dismissed housing rights  leading  to bad health, the ones that could have been avoided if control and power were not left in the wrong hands , especially unscrupulous landlords. In this case, the people without rights fall into the category of people who have been able to acquire a home but where the living is not healthy and they are constantly at risk of losing their home sanctuary from the whim of investors who can manipulate the law at will.

Don't believe it cannot happen to you or to a relative or a friend.

Asking only for normal disrepairs to be remedied or being subjected to the landlord extensive building work above your flat ( a full guttering to transform his flat into a luxury one ) while not even coming to assess your flat prior to these works despite your numerous requests.) is NOT a RIGHT you have .  The right you have is to REMAIN QUIET or LOSE your HOME. 

What you are entitled to do , is to repair yourself the continual damages happening to your flat, as they refuse accountability despite reputed surveyors  report or the help of the insurance that belongs to their management. YOUR EXISTENCE IS SIMPLY DENIED UNTIL YOU DIE OR LEAVE YOUR HOME.

On the 5th February , there was  a rally too on parliament square where Milicent GF's  statue is erected and the rally and conference's theme was related to  something she fought for , the proportional representation idea. 

This is why there is my photo next to her statue and someone from the rally planted after a  board with “Fair votes for all “ written next to Milicent GF. Who would think that in the 21st century in Europe at least , we would not have  managed to reach that equality yet ? 

But we have not and I wont be able to see it during my lifetime. The choice I have to make is the following . Which idea to fight for ? I cannot fight for 2 fundamental ideas at the same time,  but they both relate to asking for our voice being fairly heard.

I do not have the chance that Milicent had,  to have good health , good food and good housing . I also cannot vote at a national level , I was expecting this right  to happen after 40 years, it has not but the most pressing right needed that I never thought I would have to fight for is housing rights, that were denied for 27 years, only because the law allowed a landlord to usurp one's rights and perhaps that I did not receive the right advice in the early years , believing that my rights would be respected and recognised if I waited with patience. 

IF I am successful, the person or the family who will have my flat-home as their home will not have to fight for their housing rights anymore and will be able to focus on another right’s recognition such as a fair vote for all . These 2 fundamental rights will merge.

I realise that after 27 years of hearing people,  in suit or not in suit , but each of them speaking to me as if they were experts and yet having very little competence in the matter, ( from poor training or lack of experience or unwilling to see the obvious) that in this world of men  and building world especially , there can be a lot of FAKE. 

Of course I would not understand straight away that these "fakes" did not know very well what they were talking about, it is only after years of observation and experience that I understood it fully and why changes have to be introduced.

This could help a lot of people, it will not require lawyers when they are not needed and allow people to have quality of life based on the simple WHO (World health organisation) definition  of good health and good housing. We do have good programmes about nature, plants….  where experts give excellent advice . 

Why is it not possible in  housing ? It would oblige  powerful and influential and wealthy people to abide by these real experts' advice. 

There are 2 types of experts , the ones who received a good training and good level of studies and the ones who learned on a day to day basis for years after years from lack of  housing improvements at their expenses.   

These two experts need to communicate and if we can be free of the cowboys who will be willing to interfere, that would be a productive and constructive working team. 

But first it is necessary to encourage my MP and the  law commission's  proposal by signing and sharing this petition  for the law containing the reforms to pass.  Its recognition will reduce the risk of fraud and control from another person  over another one’s home .  Please help to stop that abuse. ( see previous updates for more info)

If one of our leaders is reading this , although very unlikely  , l would like to ask, please don’t do only what is the easy thing to do and have courage to do what is the right thing to do .