had fallen through. A 2013 research study on the effects of the Olympics on regeneration in East London noted that more than half of the residents had been decanted from the estate by September 2012. Focus E15 Focus E15 was formed in September 2013 by a group of young mothers campaigning for housing rights - they themselves having faced eviction from a Newham hostel due to funding being withdrawn. In June 2014, Focus E15 staged a protest at the Carpenters Estate over the ongoing social housing problems in the borough. Both the group and the plight of the estate was brought to wider attention when on 23 September 2014, they occupied one of the empty low-rise blocks on the estate to provide a social centre. The occupation came to an end on 7 October when the group agreed to leave the flats after the Council issued legal and eviction notices. A dispute between Focus E15 and Mayor Wales would proceed to wage for some months. Focus E15 continue to campaign and highlight social housing problems in the borough including the ongoing battle over the Carpenters. Renewed Plans In November 2015, Newham Council re-avowed their commitment to demolish and redevelop the estate, whilst the Greater Carpenters Neighbourhood Forum persisted in their calls for both its refurbishment instead and better engagement with local residents. In August 2017, the Council announced the commencing of a tendering process to enlist a developer to undertake the estate redevelopment, however, in November 2018 it was announced by the Mayor of Newham that this had been shelved, with new promises that any redevelopment would be "led by residents and include a minimum of 50 per cent affordable homes". In November 2021, Newham commenced the formal regeneration project for the estate, beginning with a ballot of residents on the 19 November. In popular culture In 2010, scenes from the science-fiction film Attack the Block were filmed on the estate, featuring locals as extras. In 2018, the Blueprint Theatre Company staged a production of a new work at Rich Mix in Shoreditch called Legacy, which highlighted the issue of social cleansing in the area. Based loosely on the story of Mary Finch, a local activist who had refused to leave her flat on the estate, the play examined an extended family living at the Carpenters' who fight back when faced with the possibility of eviction and relocation after the