Lisa Nandy in her charm offensive with the Telegraph said that Labour had “taken on and called out” those on the Left who argue that “homeownership is not a Labour thing to do”, which was “completely wrong”. Ownership of assets was the “biggest and most consequential divide” in the country, she said, with the recognition … Continue reading Lisa Nandy invents a strawman to justify a bad policy
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“The grim wait for vacant social housing”
A Labour Party member in Wiltshire is supporting our campaign to end RTB and will be submitting our model motion to her CLP for the Labour Conference in October. She tells us about the experience of homelessness which results from the shortage of council housing. “I've experienced homelessness with my two children and the grim … Continue reading “The grim wait for vacant social housing”
The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector
The Levelling-up, Housing and Communities Committee in the House of Commons has launched an inquiry into the finance and sustainability of the social housing sector. It explains: "This inquiry seeks to examine the finances and sustainability of the social housing sector in England. In recent years the financial pressures for social landlords have increased as … Continue reading The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector
Our model housing resolution: key policies to begin to resolve the housing crisis
Carol Hayton explains why Labour's current housing policy will not resolve the housing crisis and why our model resolution includes the key policies necessary to begin to resolve it. The process for the submission of amendments to the draft National Policy Forum documents has concluded. We now await, with extreme interest, the final NPF report, … Continue reading Our model housing resolution: key policies to begin to resolve the housing crisis
Right to Buy as a housing policy has been a disaster
Lorna Fielker, Cabinet Member for Adults, Health & Housing and Depouty Leader of Southampton Council has supported our campaign for Labour to commit to ending Right to Buy. This is a letter to Lisa Nandy. Dear Lisa, It was lovely to meet you at the Next Generation session in Manchester earlier this year. Thank you … Continue reading Right to Buy as a housing policy has been a disaster
The gentrification of social housing
Tom Murtha writes that "the very nature of housing association development today leads to gentrification". I am sometimes accused of having a rose-tinted view of the past when I talk about housing associations losing their social purpose and traditional values. I find this strange, as I am one of the few still active who witnessed … Continue reading The gentrification of social housing
Questions on Labour’s housing policy
The housing content of the National Policy Forum document is supposed to “shape the Labour Party's policy agenda”. The draft document it has produced, will be discussed by NPF members and, amended by them, will go to a “Clause 5” meeting on which the NEC, CLPs and affiliates sit, together with the Shadow Cabinet. That … Continue reading Questions on Labour’s housing policy
The contradictions of Labour’s housing policy
There are no market solutions to the housing crisis At last year's conference Keir Starmer said that Labour is “the Party of Home Ownership”. It would support first time buyers with “a mortgage guarantee scheme”. At the same conference Lisa Nandy said Labour's mantra was “council housing, council housing, council housing” and it would commit … Continue reading The contradictions of Labour’s housing policy
Thatcher – the Right to Buy
Richard Harries was working at an advice point when he came across this story which he recounts in his poem below. Two brothers living together in council housing, next door to each other have different fates as a result of the one deciding to buy and the other not. Richard had been to University in … Continue reading Thatcher – the Right to Buy
Keeping 100% Right to Buy receipts is no substitute for abolishing it
The government has announced that councils can keep Right to Buy receipts from 2022/3 and 2023/4 and have five years to use them. They have also announced that the restrictions on acquisitions (buying homes on the market to add to the council housing stock) will be frozen at 50%. In other words councils can make … Continue reading Keeping 100% Right to Buy receipts is no substitute for abolishing it
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 