Social housing sector failed Windrush victims, says CIH president

Lara Oyedele CIH presidential dinner cropped

Oyedele accuses providers of evicting and sacking those affected

The president of the Chartered Institute for Housing (CIH) has accused the social housing sector of failing to support staff and tenants victimised in the Windrush scandal. 

In her closing remarks at the CIH conference yesterday, Lara Oyedele said the sector “did nothing” to support affected people, saying that many registered providers sacked staff and evicted tenants who were affected by the Home Office’s wrongful persecution of British citizens. 

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