At this year's Labour conference the Labour Campaign for Council Housing's resolution, sent in by at least 10 CLPs, was kept off the agenda by a decision of the Conference Arrangements Committee1. It was judged not to be a 'contemporary motion' because, we were told, the National Policy Forum report had 'substantially' covered the issues … Continue reading Labour conference votes for 90,000 social rent council homes a year, ending Right to Buy and cancelling council housing debt
Category: UNITE
Britain’s housing crisis is a national emergency
The UNITE resolution, below, was passed at the recent TUC Congress. Too many homes are poorly insulated, with damp and mould; freezing in winter and overheating in summer. Nearly all our 29 million homes need improvement.Clearing social housing waiting lists will take over a century at the current rate. Housing costs are driving poverty; scarcity … Continue reading Britain’s housing crisis is a national emergency
