Affordable rent was introduced as part of Tory austerity, allowing social rent to be charged at up to 80% of market rent.
Tag: Labour Campaign for Council Housing
Reinstate MPs suspended for voting against Disability Cuts – Labour Campaign for Council Housing
The Labour Campaign for Council Housing is calling for the reinstatement of the whip for all suspended MPs and withdrawal of the action against the trade envoys.
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.
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?
It’s time for Labour to end above-inflation rent increases
"You cannot have 'a council housing revolution' without a big increase in central government grant. Squeezing more money out of already poor tenants will not resolve the funding 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."
The Right to a Home – Labour Campaign for Council Housing
Ending Right to Buy is a cost-free policy and would ensure that all new council homes would increase the numbers available, for the first time since 1980, writes Martin Wicks.