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
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Questions on Labour’s housing policy
The housing content of the National Policy Forum document is supposed to “shape the Labour Party's policy agenda”. The draft document it has produced, will be discussed by NPF members and, amended by them, will go to a “Clause 5” meeting on which the NEC, CLPs and affiliates sit, together with the Shadow Cabinet. That … Continue reading Questions on Labour’s housing policy
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 