A survey of councils by Inside Housing to find the biggest 50 council builders shows some telling statistics. 305 councils across England, Wales and Scotland responded to our survey. Between them they completed 10,794 homes in 2023/24. This is a combined total of direct building in the Housing Revenue Account and private council owned companies. … Continue reading Social rent council homes the key to resolving the housing crisis
Category: Council Housing
Council housing in Stockton’s future
"Housing Action Teesside is a tenants’ union and housing campaign representing hundreds of tenants across Teesside, in both social and private rented housing. Our organisation is united around the belief that the housing crisis was created by political choices over many decades which put private profit ahead of people’s needs, and the commitment to organise … Continue reading Council housing in Stockton’s future
Labour fringe meeting: Council housing key to resolving the housing crisis
If you are at the Labour conference in Liverpool, we have a fringe meeting at 1 o'clock on Monday September 23rd at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT. Small Room, 1st Floor. It will be chaired by Ben Clay, Chair of the Labour Campaign for Council Housing. Speakers are Bell Ribeiro-Addy, … Continue reading Labour fringe meeting: Council housing key to resolving the housing crisis
Right to Buy – filling Andy Burnham’s bath
Paul Truswell says that supporting Right to Buy "has become a dogmatic obsession that has overridden the needs of millions of our fellow citizens". The Right to Buy is long past its sell-by date. Andy Burnham recently crystallised the reason in one telling phrase. Building new council homes while keeping the Right to Buy was, … Continue reading Right to Buy – filling Andy Burnham’s bath
“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
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
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 