In defending her support for Right to Buy Lisa Nandy recently said that “telling working class people they can't own their own home is just unacceptable”. If she meant their council home, that rather contradicts what she said at last September's Labour conference; “the idea of a home for life handed on in common ownership … Continue reading Ending Right to Buy is a necessary step towards resolving the housing crisis
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Architect Peter Barber calls for end of Right to Buy
Well known and award winning architect, Peter Barber, has signed our statement calling for Labour to commit to ending Right to Buy. He recently appeared in a Channel 4 programme on housing. Here are some extracts from it. “We should have a social housing programme on the scale were were able to manage after the … Continue reading Architect Peter Barber calls for end of Right to Buy
Right to Buy: privatising collectively owned housing
Lisa Nandy recently said that “telling working class people they can't own their own home is just unacceptable”. If she means their council home that rather contradicts what she said at last September's Labour conference; that “the idea of a home for life handed on in common ownership to future generations is an idea worth … Continue reading Right to Buy: privatising collectively owned housing
Councils lose more than a property when a home is sold under Right to Buy
The case for ending Right to Buy is well known. Scotland and Wales ended it with no great resistance. It remains in England where there are less than 1.6 million council homes left and despite some manipulation by councils designed to reduce the numbers on the waiting lists, there are still more than 1.2 million … Continue reading Councils lose more than a property when a home is sold under Right to Buy
Will Lisa Nandy be a housing reformer or just a headline grabber?
"Lisa Nandy’s insinuation that opposition to the right-to-buy equates to opposition to working-class people owning their own home is disgraceful and divisive" says Carol Hayton Lisa Nandy has used an Interview in the Times, published on 29th July, to recycle her suggestion that opposition to the Right to Buy is simply, “a totemic issue for … Continue reading Will Lisa Nandy be a housing reformer or just a headline grabber?
The house building oligopoly will not resolve the housing crisis
“Though it is hardly a secret that we inhabit a world dominated by business oligopolies, during the crisis and its aftermath this reality and its implications for the priorities of government stood nakedly exposed. It is an unpalatable and explosive truth that democratic politics on both sides of the Atlantic has choked on it.” Adam … Continue reading The house building oligopoly will not resolve the housing crisis
“Time to invest (now more than ever)”
Inquiry into the need for investment in existing and new council housing The All Party Parliamentary Group on Council Housing has launched an inquiry into the need for investment in existing and new council homes. It was launched with a meeting in the House of Commons. To promote the discussion a number of academics in … Continue reading “Time to invest (now more than ever)”
Retrofitting at speed and scale
This is a speech by Georgina Schueller to a Housing Rebellion event on the South Lambeth estate. We can see the climate emergency is worsening, with more extreme global weather events. We must do everything in our power to try to conserve our environment, and our buildings, and stop the rapid depletion of our natural … Continue reading Retrofitting at speed and scale
Lisa Nandy invents a strawman to justify a bad policy
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
“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”
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 