"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
Category: Decent Homes Standard
Government side-steps decarbonisation and retro-fitting in their Decent Homes Standard review
Part 2 of the government's review of the Decent Homes Standard refuses to incorporate the urgent task of decarbonisation and retro-fitting Britain's social housing stock. Read on below or download a PDF here: dhsreviewpart2Download In its 2020 Social Housing White Paper, published in November 2020, the government committed to “Review the Decent Homes Standard1 to … Continue reading Government side-steps decarbonisation and retro-fitting in their Decent Homes Standard review
Review of Decent Homes Standard
(To read off-line you can download a PDF ) review-articleDownload A review of the Decent Homes Standard is currently taking place. The Standard is a minimum level below which 'social housing' is not supposed to fall. It was introduced in 2002 because of a huge backlog of maintenance on council homes. Government had starved council … Continue reading Review of Decent Homes Standard
Social Housing White paper – no more money for council housing
Martin Wicks gives an initial assessment of the Social Housing White Paper The so-called Social Housing White paper, instead of being as wide-ranging as previously promised has been turned into a “Charter for Social Housing tenants”. The core of the document is a 7 point Charter which sets out “what every social housing tenant should … Continue reading Social Housing White paper – no more money for council housing
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