The Minister for Communities at Stormont recently delivered a major statement on housing policy which was then lauded from almost all sides. Stewart Smyth takes a deeper look at what the Minister said and argues that there is an intention to privatise the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. The Northern Ireland Minister for Communities, Carál Ní Chuilín (Sinn Fein), … Continue reading Northern Ireland’s housing authority will be reclassified as a mutual – but will it also be privatised?
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SE Cornwall CLP calls on Labour to stick to its manifesto commitments on council housing
Our campaign's south west regional rep, Kate Ewert, reports that the South East Cornwall Constituency Labour Party has passed our model resolution on Labour Party policy (see below). Kate was delegate from her CLP to the 2019 Labour Party conference and mover of the composite resolution which called for Labour to commit to £10 billion … Continue reading SE Cornwall CLP calls on Labour to stick to its manifesto commitments on council housing
Hackney South & Shoreditch CLP calls on Labour to maintain and campaign for 2019 council housing policies
Heather Mendick reports that the resolution below was passed unanimously by Hackney & Shoreditch CLP. “The pandemic has underlined the scale of the housing crisis and the consequences of overcrowded and poor accommodation. Under the impact of events the government has executed a series of U-turns including the moratorium on evictions. But it will not … Continue reading Hackney South & Shoreditch CLP calls on Labour to maintain and campaign for 2019 council housing policies
20 MPs demand: fund local government to prevent a new phase of austerity and to support large scale council house building programme
Claudia Webbe, MP The Labour Campaign for Council Housing welcomes this letter by a cross-party collection of MPs. The 4 policies highlighted are included in a letter to the Labour leadership which we are collecting signatures to. It's critical to campaign on these demands (see Claudia's letter ). Richie Sunak's Spending Review fails to address … Continue reading 20 MPs demand: fund local government to prevent a new phase of austerity and to support large scale council house building programme
Social Housing White paper – no more money for council housing
Martin Wicks gives an initial assessment of the Social Housing White Paper The so-called Social Housing White paper, instead of being as wide-ranging as previously promised has been turned into a “Charter for Social Housing tenants”. The core of the document is a 7 point Charter which sets out “what every social housing tenant should … Continue reading Social Housing White paper – no more money for council housing
Zoom meeting: cancel local authority debt and fund a council housing drive
The Deepening financial crisis of local government demands a national campaign for adequate funding The Labour Campaign for Council Housing has a zoom meeting (November 28th 2 p.m.) on the theme of Cancel local authority debt and fund council house building programme. Speakers will include Matthew Brown, Leader of Preston Council, Doina Cornell, leader of … Continue reading Zoom meeting: cancel local authority debt and fund a council housing drive
Can you move this resolution at your CLP?
Has your Constituency Labour Party moved our model resolution? Labour's housing policy, unanimously agreed at its 2019 conference, and incorporated in its General Election manifesto committed Labour to 155,000 social rent homes a yearOf which at least 100,000 would be council homes, funded by £10 billion grant a yearEnding Right to BuyA review of Housing … Continue reading Can you move this resolution at your CLP?
LGA calls for 100,000 social rent council homes a year
Labour Campaign for Council Housing media release A report, Building Post-Pandemic Prosperity, The economic and fiscal case for constructing 100,000 council homes a year, commissioned by the Local Government Association, Association of Retained Council Housing, and National Federation of ALMOs, warns that rough sleeping, homelessness and sofa surfing is only likely to increase in the coming months. … Continue reading LGA calls for 100,000 social rent council homes a year
UNISON General Secretary candidates declare support for debt cancellation and for building 100,000 council homes a year
Media Release, October 28th 2020 All four candidates for General Secretary of UNISON (Paul Holmes, Christine McAnea, Roger McKenzie and Hugo Pierre) have expressed their support for the demand for cancellation of local authority debt held by the Public Works Loans Board as an emergency measure to help stabilise council financesand the building of 100,000 … Continue reading UNISON General Secretary candidates declare support for debt cancellation and for building 100,000 council homes a year
Finding information on council housing
To develop a wider understanding of what councils are doing in relation to council housing across the country, we are asking supporters if they could do a bit of research in relation to their town/city. If you know where the sources of information are it is not a very onerous task. First, of all, councils … Continue reading Finding information on council housing
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