The Labour Campaign for Council Housing is calling on the government to end support for the increasingly unaffordable “affordable rent”, introduced by the Tories. “Affordable rent” (AR) was introduced by the Tories as part of their austerity programme. It allowed rent to be charged at up to 80% of market rent. Tenants were to be … Continue reading The government should end its support for the Tory policy of “affordable rent”
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“There can be no renaissance of council housing if existing homes are allowed to deteriorate”
There is a question mark hanging over the future of council housing. 109 Councils signed the document “Securing the Future of Council Housing”, which warned that “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 … Continue reading “There can be no renaissance of council housing if existing homes are allowed to deteriorate”
Planning isn’t the problem but “an overwhelming lack of investment in social rent homes”
The government has introduced mandatory housing targets on councils and is proposing changes to planning rules which would concentrate more power in the hands of unelected council officers. There is a fundamental contradiction between the government's talk of devolving power away from Westminster and its decision to impose mandatory house building targets on local authorities. … Continue reading Planning isn’t the problem but “an overwhelming lack of investment in social rent homes”
The housing crisis cannot be resolved without large scale council house building
These are the comments of the Campaign in response to the housing content of Keir Starmer's recent speech. "The Labour Campaign for Council Housing was disappointed that in his recent speech, Keir Starmer associated "fixing the housing crisis" only with with providing young people with the prospect of owning their own home. There was nothing … Continue reading The housing crisis cannot be resolved without large scale council house building
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 