Radical residents resisting eviction will be joined by comedian Russell Brand as they march on Downing Street today to protest against quadrupling rents on their east London estate.

New Era tenants will be heading to Number 10 to hand in a petition signed by almost 300,000 people demanding a cap in rent on the 1930s Hoxton estate.

“The importance of this march is to show that this is our home and our life, our community,” said New Era resident Dan Molloy.

Ms Molloy leads the campaign New Era for All, which fights for those affected by the purchase of the estate by US investment company Westbrook Partners.

Fellow resident Lindsey Garrett said the threatened eviction of 93 families turned her “life upside down.”

While Westbrook has sent letters to residents guaranteeing no-one will be moved before the year’s end, Ms Garrett believed it wasn’t enough. “We don’t know if we’ll be in our homes in the new year — we are still not happy,” she said.

To Ms Garrett evictions would not only mean a drastic change for her children but also no longer being able to take care of her ageing parents, who live nearby.

New Era families and their supporters will assemble at Berkeley Square at 12.30pm.

Their relentless campaigning has already meant the stepping down on of New Era’s minority shareholder Benyon Estate, which announced it was selling its 10 per cent slice in November.

“And this is just the beginning”, promised Ms Garrett.