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”
Category: Council Housing
Why I support the Labour Campaign for Council Housing
Bell Adeiro-Addy is the Labour MP for Streatham. The necessity of a campaign for council housing has never been greater. With a chronic lack of investment into affordable social housing, innumerable numbers of people are being forced into the private rental market where Section-21 No-Fault evictions are rife, landlord abuses and neglect are endemic, and … Continue reading Why I support the Labour Campaign for Council Housing
The housing record of New Labour – a speech by Paul Watt
"So in other words what’s happened is this... the political party which created this part of the welfare state (council housing), cut it off at its knees – and – they didn’t build any more.". This is a speech by our member Paul Watt, from 2016. It gives a good overview of the disastrous housing … Continue reading The housing record of New Labour – a speech by Paul Watt
“Take back control of the decisions about where they live”
This is reproduced from the Greater Manchester Tenants Union website. Greater Manchester Tenants Union Continues Work With Unit 38 Architects In December we welcomed back Unit 38 Architects to work with members in two of the key neighbourhoods where we are carrying out long term community organising, Hulme, and central Rochdale. Working together with wide groups of … Continue reading “Take back control of the decisions about where they live”
Consultation on timescales for repairs in the social rented sector
We reproduce here a contribution to the consultation on repairs in the social rented sector from the London Tenants Federation. London Tenants Federation London Tenants Federation (LTF) is a membership organisation bringing together a range of borough, neighbourhood and London-wide federations and organisations of tenants (including leaseholders) of social housing providers (both council and housing … Continue reading Consultation on timescales for repairs in the social rented sector
Decarbonising housing is not an optional extra
Media release Labour Campaign for Council Housing Labour's Green Prosperity Plan After weeks of will they won't they, and contradictory statements from different members of the shadow cabinet, Labour's Green Prosperity Plan has been cut from £28 billion to £15 billion, of which only £5 billion is in addition to Tory spending plans. The “fiscal … Continue reading Decarbonising housing is not an optional extra
Resolving the local government and housing crises: An Open Letter to the Labour Leadership
At our meeting in December to discuss the local government and housing crises it was agreed that we would produce an Open Letter to the Labour leadership on action necessary to prevent the collapse of local authorities and to begin to resolve the housing crisis. With a general election not far away and local government … Continue reading Resolving the local government and housing crises: An Open Letter to the Labour Leadership
Now is the time for Labour to commit to transformative housing policies
Fraser McGuire, a member of the Young Labour national committee, writes on what a Labour government ought to do to address the housing crisis. "By the time I turn 21, I will have spent nearly £20,000 on rent, which is almost the same amount I have made working in total since I was 16- and … Continue reading Now is the time for Labour to commit to transformative housing policies
Section 106 agreements will not fund building on the scale we need
Increased central government grant for council housing is necessary and possible "The 100,000 social rent homes a year, and more, that are needed to liberate a new generation from the private rented sector, will not be built without central government grant." Keir Starmer has said that Labour will build 1.5 million homes over five years; … Continue reading Section 106 agreements will not fund building on the scale we need
Labour cannot resolve the housing crisis without more funding for councils
A “net positive” social housing policy will not resolve the housing crisis. Speaking at a National Housing Federation summit, Shadow Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook clarified the Labour leadership's outlook on housing policy when in government. By a “significant” reduction in RTB discounts and focusing the Affordable Homes Programme “overwhelmingly” on social rent homes “we will … Continue reading Labour cannot resolve the housing crisis without more funding for councils
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 