Our model housing resolution for Labour's conference is below. Owing to a change in the rules it has to be a 'contemporary' resolution. The NEC says that it must relate to events after the General Election. You can download a PDF below. Housing Conference notes Angela Rayner’s statement that delivery of "affordable" and social homes … Continue reading Housing model resolution 2024
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“Securing the Future of Council Housing”
“Unless something is done soon, most council landlords will struggle to maintain their existing homes adequately or meet huge new demands to improve them, let alone build new homes for social rent.” Twenty Councils have produced an interim report, 'Securing the Future of Council Housing' (STFCH). With Labour now in government it rings a timely … Continue reading “Securing the Future of Council Housing”
Campaigning for Council Housing under a Labour government
The acute housing crisis resulting from the disastrous Right to Buy policy and the domination of house building by commodity production, will not be resolved by changing planning law. The big builders/developers build at a pace and a scale which serves one purpose, maximising their profits. There is a widespread recognition that a change of … Continue reading Campaigning for Council Housing under a Labour government
Council Housing Pledge
Media Release June 20th 2024 The Labour Campaign for Council Housing is asking Labour Parliamentary candidates to sign our Council Housing Pledge. It focuses on the government action required to produce a renaissance of council housing, without which there can be no resolution of the housing crisis. It calls for a Labour government to commit … Continue reading Council Housing Pledge
General Election: Council Housing Pledge
The Labour Campaign for Council Housing has produced a Council Housing Pledge which we are asking Labour Parliamentary Candidates to support. With no more money for council housing in Labour's Manifesto, Right to Buy set to continue and investment in insulation/retrofitting/decarbonisation of existing homes scaled back to only £1.1 billion a year, it's important to … Continue reading General Election: Council Housing Pledge
‘Freedom to Buy’ “helps only a small minority and ignores the core problem”
Angela Rayner has announced Labour's “Freedom to Buy” policy. This is a mortgage guarantee to encourage mortgage providers to offer low deposits; a revamped version of the Tories Mortgage Guarantee Scheme (see note below). We haven't seen any detail (including costs) but the guarantee is to the mortgage provider should the buyer be unable to … Continue reading ‘Freedom to Buy’ “helps only a small minority and ignores the core problem”
Oppose a U-turn on Right to Buy
Rachel Reeves declares that Labour has no plans to reform Right to Buy Speaking at the National Housing Federation Housing Summit last September, Shadow Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook, said “But as well as boosting social housing supply, we need to better protect the social housing stock we still have. One cannot fill a bath by … Continue reading Oppose a U-turn on Right to Buy
Meeting on decarbonising council housing
THIS MEETING HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IN DUE COURSE WHEN IT HAS BEEN REARRANGED. We are holding a zoom meeting on May 25th at 3 p.m. on decarbonising housing. Speakers will include Clive Lewis MP, and Emma Taylor-Beal who works in the industry. In an article prior to the Labour … Continue reading Meeting on decarbonising council housing
The temporary accommodation crisis – “a fertile source of human misery”
Ahead of the Autumn Statement last year an emergency meeting was called by the District Councils Network to highlight the scale of temporary accommodation and the increasing financial pressure it was putting councils under. As a result of that meeting 119 councils signed a letter to the government calling for support. They called for an … Continue reading The temporary accommodation crisis – “a fertile source of human misery”
Government consultation on “reforms to social housing allocations”, publicised as “British homes for British workers”
Liz Davies KC is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers, specialising in housing law and in particular law on allocation of social housing and homelessness law. She is the co-author of Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice (Luba, Davies, Johnston & Buchanan, LexisNexis, 2022, 6th edition). This blog was published by Garden Court Chambers … Continue reading Government consultation on “reforms to social housing allocations”, publicised as “British homes for British workers”
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 