At its AGM recently the Labour Housing Group voted to oppose campaigning to commit Labour to end Right to Buy when in government. Myself and Ben Clay moved a motion which would have committed the LHG to sign our statement calling on Labour to commit to ending it and to encourage LHG members to support … Continue reading Labour Housing Group opposes campaign to end Right to Buy
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“constant struggle to finance sufficient numbers of new properties to outpace those lost to right to buy”
Peter Lamb, Crawley councillor writes on the difficulties of build sufficient new council homes. We live in very challenging times, an era when many long-running issues are coming to a head and at times it can seem difficult to know exactly what an incoming Labour Government should prioritise. For those of us on district-tier authorities, … Continue reading “constant struggle to finance sufficient numbers of new properties to outpace those lost to right to buy”
Islington Council Labour Group supports campaign to end Right to Buy
Islington Council Labour Group has agreed to support our statement calling on Labour to commit to ending Right to Buy. “Providing more genuinely affordable and social homes has always been our priority for our Labour-run Council. As we have 14,000 people on our housing waiting list, local people need us to provide as many council … Continue reading Islington Council Labour Group supports campaign to end Right to Buy
Social tenants will be left out in the cold when Scotland’s rent freeze ends
Writing in Inside Housing, Caroline Crawley, National Committee member of Living Rent (a renters union in Scotland) says that the ending of the Rent Freeze at the end of March “spells disaster for Living Rent’s members and all social housing tenants”. “Our members believe that the government’s decision displays a disregard for social housing tenants … Continue reading Social tenants will be left out in the cold when Scotland’s rent freeze ends
South Swindon CLP supports call for Labour to commit to ending Right to Buy
The model resolution of the Labour Campaign for Council Housing on ending Right to Buy was passed by South Swindon CLP by 26 votes to nil, with five abstentions. The resolution calls on CLPs to add their name to the statement and write to the Leadership calling on it to commit to ending RTB. The … Continue reading South Swindon CLP supports call for Labour to commit to ending Right to Buy
London Socialist Health Association affiliates to the Labour Campaign for Council Housing
Coral Jones (Chair of the LSHA) reports that the London branch of the Socialist Health Association has voted to affiliate to the Labour Campaign for Council Housing. Members voted to affiliate to LCCH after hearing a presentation by Martin Wicks of LCCH and other housing campaigners at our general meeting on 14th December 2022 . … Continue reading London Socialist Health Association affiliates to the Labour Campaign for Council Housing
“Council housing rescued us when we were homeless”
Tom Murtha, now retired, was very prominent in the housing association sector. We interview him about his experience and the current situation, with an increasing trend towards commercialisation. You spent many years working for housing associations. Could you tell us what you did and why you decided to work in that field? I was born … Continue reading “Council housing rescued us when we were homeless”
Homelessness in Worthing
A complicated issue which is about so much more than housing Campaign member Emma Taylor, Cabinet Member for Citizens' Services (including housing), writes about the homelessness situation in Worthing and the difficulties of dealing with it without sufficient funding. When I moved to Worthing in 2015, I wanted to immerse myself in the local community. … Continue reading Homelessness in Worthing
Wycombe CLP supports the call for ending Right to Buy
Wycombe CLP has passed a resolution which, amongst other things, supports our call for Labour to commit to ending Right to Buy and for an end to the Right to Aquire for housing associations. Buckinghamshire is one of those areas where all the council housing stock was transferred to housing associations. It is spending nearly … Continue reading Wycombe CLP supports the call for ending Right to Buy
Labour Campaign for Council Housing AGM: campaigning for policies that can resolve the housing crisis
"Without ending the disastrous Right to Buy policy and funding a large scale social rent council house building programme, a Labour government will not resolve the acute housing crisis" Our campaign's AGM will take place by zoom on February 4th at 2 p.m. We will be discussing what Labour's housing policies are, what we want … Continue reading Labour Campaign for Council Housing AGM: campaigning for policies that can resolve the housing crisis
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 