The group squatted empty flats on the Carpenters Estate in Stratford in September 2014, drawing widespread attention in the mainstream media.

The mothers, almost all under 25, campaigned against Newham Council's decision to cut funding for the hostel and its suggestion that they took rented accommodation in other, far away cities such as Birmingham or Manchester.

[2] The protest action drew widespread attention in the mainstream media and highlighted that even though the houses had been empty for between 4 and 8 years, they were in good condition and could be lived in.

[3] The occupation and court case were both visited by Russell Brand, who spoke in support of the mothers[8] and the squat was documented by a photographer for The Guardian.

Focus E15 took this as a victory, since the mayor apologised for the way they had at first been treated and promised that 40 homeless people could move back onto the estate to live there until it was demolished.

[12] It was renamed Brimstone House and in 2019, inhabitants began a legal challenge against the council, arguing that their temporary placement was lasting too long.

[16] In 2016, a mother and her three children resident in Newham were forced to accept a single room as emergency accommodation in Boundary House in Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, outside London.

[19] Four members of Focus E15 occupied the derelict former East Ham police station for one day in 2016 to highlight the availability of empty buildings in the borough and to protest evictions.

[20] In 2018, a mother and Newham resident of 12 years was living in emergency conditions for six months when she was offered accommodation in Birmingham, a city over 100 miles away.

[22] The new mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz (elected 2018), promised to rehouse displaced people and also to give residents more of a voice on matters such as the future of the Carpenters Estate.

"[24] In 2022, Focus E15 criticised the council and its housing wing Populo Living for spending over £350,000 on an estate regeneration ballot, when residents could only run an unfunded protest campaign.

[25] Between September 2015 and April 2016, Focus E15 members took part in and advised on participatory action research which analysed 64 interviews with people who had contacted Newham Council in the preceding year about issues concerning housing or homelessness.

[28] An all-female theatre troupe called You should see the other guy toured their piece Land of the Three Towers across various London housing estates threatened with eviction.

[30] Also in 2018, cassette and digital formats of a music compilation were made available as a fundraiser for Focus E15, arranged by the online radio station NTS.