A group of south London residents living on the Lesnes Estate in Bexley are calling on Sadiq Khan to intervene in plans to demolish their homes, as part of a wider regeneration scheme.
Dr Johnnel Olabhie led a protest outside City Hall, in which he said he wants the mayor to ensure residents' homes are refurbished, instead of being knocked down.
Dr Johnnel Olabhie led a protest outside City Hall, in which he said he wants the mayor to ensure residents' homes are refurbished, instead of being knocked down.
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00:00 to tell the city that we don't want our home to be demolished and we want it to be republished
00:06 because most of us have already started retrofitting our home and again to tell him that
00:11 the process is flawed and he needs to intervene so that the local residents should be a part of it.
00:17 Right now they are excluded and everybody is just doing it to meet a funding requirement. It needs
00:23 to be stopped because that would help to stop carbon emission and encourage ecology which he is a friend of.