Labour Campaign for Council Housing AGM News of the government's Housing Strategy and funding for its Affordable Homes Programme is expected at the Spring Spending Review. How can pressure be built for social rent council housing to be the first housing priority? Annual General Meeting, by Zoom, December 1st, 2 p.m. Guest speaker Bell Ribeiro-Addy … Continue reading Council Housing remains the key to resolving the housing crisis
Tell the government NO to above inflation rent increases
The government is consulting on the introduction of a new rent policy from April 2026. It runs until 11.45 p.m. On December 23rd. The government is consulting on rent policy for council and housing association homes for 2025/26. It is proposing that a rent formula of a maximum of CPI+1% for 5 years be introduced, … Continue reading Tell the government NO to above inflation rent increases
Time to abolish Right to Buy
Changes to RTB are better than the status quo but it's time to abolish it. The government has introduced a Statutory Instrument in Parliament to cut the discount for tenants when they buy a home through Right to Buy. Discounts were increased by the Tories in 2012. Maximum discounts are currently £136,400 in London and … Continue reading Time to abolish Right to Buy
‘I feel like I’m not human’: tenants speak out as housing campaign puts its case to councillors
Housing Action Teeside put the case for building Council Housing to Stockton Council. A committee heard how tenants felt let down, lied to, ignored and trapped for years in dilapidated homes sometimes 'unfit for human habitation' Tenants who have spent years waiting for housing or to solve damp and mould issues took up placards to … Continue reading ‘I feel like I’m not human’: tenants speak out as housing campaign puts its case to councillors
Councils need government funding not more debt
News that Newham Borough Council has requested “exceptional financial support” due to “temporary accommodation housing pressures amounting to £100m over three years”, underlines what is at stake in the Budget due on October 30th. The government has been warned by councils that there is a likelihood of more and more of them issuing section 114 … Continue reading Councils need government funding not more debt
Time to end the charade of “affordable housing”
In a letter to the Chair of Homes England, Matthew Pennycook, Minister of State (Housing, Communities & Local Government) has outlined the government's “immediate priorities”. One of them is for Homes England to maximise the number of social rent homes “delivered through the allocation of remaining Affordable Homes Programme funding”. However, the letter gives no … Continue reading Time to end the charade of “affordable housing”
Broxtowe Council Labour Group affiliates to Labour Campaign for Council Housing
Broxtowe opposed transfer of their council housing stock and have more than 4,000 council homes. Broxtowe Council Labour Group has affiliated to the Labour Campaign for Council Housing. Cabinet member for Housing, Vanessa Smith explains why. “We believe firmly in the importance of council housing and support the work of LCfCH to secure safe, decent … Continue reading Broxtowe Council Labour Group affiliates to Labour Campaign for Council Housing
Grant needed for 90,000+ social rent homes a year
Matthew Pennycook has written to the Chair of Homes England, the body which hands out government grant for housing. Amongst other things he has called for it “to take steps to ensure that the Agency is maximising the number of social rent homes delivered through the allocation of remaining Affordable Homes Programme funding and that … Continue reading Grant needed for 90,000+ social rent homes a year
Social rent council homes the key to resolving the housing crisis
A survey of councils by Inside Housing to find the biggest 50 council builders shows some telling statistics. 305 councils across England, Wales and Scotland responded to our survey. Between them they completed 10,794 homes in 2023/24. This is a combined total of direct building in the Housing Revenue Account and private council owned companies. … Continue reading Social rent council homes the key to resolving the housing crisis
Planning changes will not resolve the housing crisis
Labour's first housing priority should be council housing The proposed changes by the new government to the National Planning Policy Framework will not resolve the housing crisis. The key to doing that is funding the building and acquisition of social rent homes on the scale or 100,000 and more a year. The Town and Country … Continue reading Planning changes will not resolve the housing crisis
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