More than 70 organisations, including six national trades unions, are supporting the national housing demonstration on April 18th. It calls for 'rent controls now' and 'council housing, not luxury flats'. It is at 1 p.m. Soho Square Gardens W1D 3QP. The national housing demonstration brings together a host of tenant groups, housing campaigns and national … Continue reading National housing demonstration: launchpad for building pressure on the government on council housing and rent controls
Category: Council Housing
Shelter petition: introduce a bill to get councils building social homes again
“With record levels of homelessness, including 175,990 children growing up in temporary accommodation, we're calling on the government to introduce a new Get Councils Building Bill at the King's Speech on 13 May. This bill would tackle the barriers that are holding councils back from building the social homes we need. Social homes provide a foundation … Continue reading Shelter petition: introduce a bill to get councils building social homes again
National demonstration for rent controls and council housing
Rent controls now. Council housing not luxury flats April 18th 1 p.m. Central London “Sky-high rents and a lack of good-quality council homes is making life impossible for too many of us. Rising rents mean people are forced to cut back on essentials like food and heating, or they’re pushed out of their homes all … Continue reading National demonstration for rent controls and council housing
Muncipalisation – a tool against gentrification
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bcG2qhT7A0s Over the last six years, of the number of additional council homes in England, 44% have been acquisitions – homes bought on the market. That includes a large number of ex-council homes, sold off under Right to Buy. Why have they bought so many rather than new builds. It's for a combination of reasons: … Continue reading Muncipalisation – a tool against gentrification
Shelter calls for need-led housing policy
“We urgently need a new approach that places meeting genuine housing need at the heart of housing policy. To do that the government must urgently ramp up social housing delivery beyond what is currently planned, holding developers to account to deliver their fair share of social homes and getting councils building at scale once again.” … Continue reading Shelter calls for need-led housing policy
Council housing is the key to resolving the housing crisis
Media release January 20th 2026 In an interview on ITV a Minister has finally explained why the government opposes funding a large scale council house building programme. Daniel Hewitt asked Steve Reed why the government didn't do what the Attlee government did; its mass council house building programme. According to Reed it's because people have … Continue reading Council housing is the key to resolving the housing crisis
Too poor for council or housing association homes
A report from the housing campaign, Crisis, in collaboration with Herior-Watt University and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence indicates that around a third of housing associations surveyed said pre-tenancy affordability checks determined that the applicant would not be given a tenancy due to “too low an income or insecure finances”. According to Crisis … Continue reading Too poor for council or housing association homes
Social & Affordable Homes Programme – a flawed programme which will not solve the housing crisis
At the Spring Spending Review it was announced that the Labour Government's Social and Affordable Homes Programme, beginning in 2026, would have 10 year funding of £39 billion, though the Financial Times reported that most of it was “back-loaded” after the next General Election. The guidance for the new SAHP has just been published. It … Continue reading Social & Affordable Homes Programme – a flawed programme which will not solve the housing crisis
Rampant landlordism and tenant resistance
Ahead of two upcoming talks about her new book, Eviction: A Social History of Rent, Jessica Field explains how her own family’s battle led her to explore a history of housing struggles. (From Labour Hub) My parents, brother and 69 neighbour households were finally evicted from their private rental estate in south Leeds in 2022. They’d lived on the … Continue reading Rampant landlordism and tenant resistance
No to 10 years of above inflation rent increases
The government is implementing a policy of 10 years of above inflation rent increases (CPI+1%) for council and housing association tenants. In addition it is reintroducing 'rent convergence' (see our Briefing: Why we oppose 'rent convergence'), originally introduced by New Labour to drive up council rents to housing association levels. The consultation on 'rent convergence' … Continue reading No to 10 years of above inflation rent increases
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 