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
Category: De-carbonisation
Most councils pessimistic about net zero because of national approach
A survey for the Local Government Association found action to tackle climate change was being “strangled” by the current arrangements under which councils must bid against each other for an array of Whitehall funding pots. The survey found two thirds (67 per cent) of councils were not confident in hitting their net zero targets, putting … Continue reading Most councils pessimistic about net zero because of national approach
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
Labour’s choice: “repudiate Hunt’s disastrous cuts or enact them”
The Autumn statement offers austerity to local government and nothing for council housing “...the Labour Party has largely retreated to a similar pro-market and low-tax agenda as the Conservatives but with an emphasis on equality of opportunity and choice. This is a mistake which is amplified by the historic chance offered by the Tories poor … Continue reading Labour’s choice: “repudiate Hunt’s disastrous cuts or enact them”
The house building oligopoly will not resolve the housing crisis
“Though it is hardly a secret that we inhabit a world dominated by business oligopolies, during the crisis and its aftermath this reality and its implications for the priorities of government stood nakedly exposed. It is an unpalatable and explosive truth that democratic politics on both sides of the Atlantic has choked on it.” Adam … Continue reading The house building oligopoly will not resolve the housing crisis
Retrofitting at speed and scale
This is a speech by Georgina Schueller to a Housing Rebellion event on the South Lambeth estate. We can see the climate emergency is worsening, with more extreme global weather events. We must do everything in our power to try to conserve our environment, and our buildings, and stop the rapid depletion of our natural … Continue reading Retrofitting at speed and scale
The contradictions of Labour’s housing policy
There are no market solutions to the housing crisis At last year's conference Keir Starmer said that Labour is “the Party of Home Ownership”. It would support first time buyers with “a mortgage guarantee scheme”. At the same conference Lisa Nandy said Labour's mantra was “council housing, council housing, council housing” and it would commit … Continue reading The contradictions of Labour’s housing policy
Labour Campaign for Council Housing AGM: campaigning for policies that can resolve the housing crisis
"Without ending the disastrous Right to Buy policy and funding a large scale social rent council house building programme, a Labour government will not resolve the acute housing crisis" Our campaign's AGM will take place by zoom on February 4th at 2 p.m. We will be discussing what Labour's housing policies are, what we want … Continue reading Labour Campaign for Council Housing AGM: campaigning for policies that can resolve the housing crisis
Retro-fitting of council housing & housing stock
Ellie Cutkelvin, Leicester Council Assistant City Mayor, Education & Housing writes on retro-fitting While it is a step in the right direction to have the money (£3.8bn over 10 years equates to £380m a year) that Central Government have made available through such schemes as the Green Homes grant and the Social Housing Decarbonisation fund … Continue reading Retro-fitting of council housing & housing stock
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 