Affordable rent was introduced as part of Tory austerity, allowing social rent to be charged at up to 80% of market rent.
Tag: Council Housing
Only a new era of council housing will tackle the crisis – Chris Hinchliff MP
We need a "new era of council housing" - solving the housing crisis cannot be left to the market which has helped create it.
Above inflation rent increase won’t resolve the council housing financial crisis
Martin Wicks of the Labour Campaign for Council Housing calls for a rethink on rent rises.
Labour’s Planning Reforms: A Step Backwards
Peter Latham picks apart the government's proposals on planning.
The Housing Crisis: Causes and Cures
Pat Turnbull examines the roots of Britain's housing crisis and considers the prospects for serious measures to address it.
Councils Need Government Funding Not More Debt – Labour Campaign for Council Housing
The question posed for the government is, will it come to the rescue of local authorities by providing the funding which the LGA is calling for, or allow them to collapse?
Workers Can’t Wait – build council homes now!
As part of our Workers Can't Wait series, Matt Willgress looks at the urgent need for "homes for all" to tackle the seemingly never-ending housing crisis.
How a Labour Government could solve the Housing Crisis
"There can be no resolution to the housing crisis without a government strategy to deliver a large scale council house building programme."
Labour should commit to ending Right to Buy
Martin Wicks, Secretary of the Labour Campaign for Council Housing, calls for Labour to support public housing by ending the sell off.
Freeze the rent, not the tenants – Labour Campaign for Council Housing
As the “cost of living crisis” pushes more tenants towards a cliff edge, the Labour Campaign for Council Housing sets out why a rent freeze is needed.