A report from the housing campaign, Crisis, in collaboration with Herior-Watt University and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence indicates that around a third of housing associations surveyed said pre-tenancy affordability checks determined that the applicant would not be given a tenancy due to “too low an income or insecure finances”. According to Crisis … Continue reading Too poor for council or housing association homes
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Social rent council homes fall below 1.5 million
Stats in Brief Council Housing Statistics 2024/25 December 2025 thelabourcampaignforcouncilhousing.org Every year councils with council housing stock send in statistical data to the Ministry of Housing. Some of them for 2024/25 have been published. The remaining ones, including Right to Buy sales will be published in the new year. You can check out the data … Continue reading Social rent council homes fall below 1.5 million
Housing Matters
“Erase the word ‘affordable’ from housing discourse; insert instead ‘public rent’ (80% of market rent that currently defines ‘affordable’ is a joke to those most in need.)” This is an editorial by Patrick Hannay, from Touchstone, the Journal for Architecture in Wales 2025. Reproduced with the editor's permission. Of course it does; access to a … Continue reading Housing Matters
Older people and above inflation rent increases
Our campaign was invited to speak at a recent meeting of the National Pensioners Convention; Gloucester, Avon & Somerset region. They agreed to support our Statement against 10 years of above inflation rent increases and 'rent convergence', and have written to the national NPC asking them to support the campaign. With the 'triple lock' much … Continue reading Older people and above inflation rent increases
Social & Affordable Homes Programme – a flawed programme which will not solve the housing crisis
At the Spring Spending Review it was announced that the Labour Government's Social and Affordable Homes Programme, beginning in 2026, would have 10 year funding of £39 billion, though the Financial Times reported that most of it was “back-loaded” after the next General Election. The guidance for the new SAHP has just been published. It … Continue reading Social & Affordable Homes Programme – a flawed programme which will not solve the housing crisis
Rampant landlordism and tenant resistance
Ahead of two upcoming talks about her new book, Eviction: A Social History of Rent, Jessica Field explains how her own family’s battle led her to explore a history of housing struggles. (From Labour Hub) My parents, brother and 69 neighbour households were finally evicted from their private rental estate in south Leeds in 2022. They’d lived on the … Continue reading Rampant landlordism and tenant resistance
Social Rent makes sense
David Hide reports on the difference between homes for social and affordable rent and the impact it has on residents in Horsham: why we need to insist on the inclusion of Homes for Social Rent in all Planning Applications Prior to Horsham District Council transferring its stock of council housing to the registered social landlord, … Continue reading Social Rent makes sense
The government should end its support for the Tory policy of “affordable rent”
The Labour Campaign for Council Housing is calling on the government to end support for the increasingly unaffordable “affordable rent”, introduced by the Tories. “Affordable rent” (AR) was introduced by the Tories as part of their austerity programme. It allowed rent to be charged at up to 80% of market rent. Tenants were to be … Continue reading The government should end its support for the Tory policy of “affordable rent”
Inside Breamish House: Residents Organise for Safe, Secure Homes
From Food & Solidarity, Newcastle When water leaked from the flat above Abdul's home, his bathroom ceiling collapsed. He was left with extensive damp, black mould, and an unsafe living environment. Abdul is a long-term resident in the over-55 block Breamish House. His daughter and neighbours repeatedly reported the problem to Newcastle City Council. Although … Continue reading Inside Breamish House: Residents Organise for Safe, Secure Homes
Build, Baby Build — But Who Really Wins?
The Government is doubling down on a system designed for corporate gain rather than public need, suggests Cllr James Valentine. From Labour Hub The Government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill is being sold as a game-changer for housebuilding, the legislative key to unlocking its election promise of 1.5 million new homes. But beneath the fanfare, … Continue reading Build, Baby Build — But Who Really Wins?
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