Councils will be a focus for united opposition to fixed term tenancies,
un'Affordable' (up to 80% market) rents and evictions due to Housing
Benefit cuts. Each council landlord has to agree a Tenancy Strategy by
next January. A Shelter report sets out useful arguments and questions - see here .Council
housing is a much-needed alternative to the failing private housing
market. With 4.5 million people on housing waiting lists and
homelessness soaring, with millions more trapped in insecure and
inadequate housing, what we need is investment in a new generation of
first class public, affordable, secure and accountable council housing.What you can do :
Organise local campaign meetings with tenants, trade unions,
politicians and housing campaigners - contact DCH for help and speakers,
leaflets.
Join us at the TUC and party conferences, and other events
(see dates below) and at the massive TUC march on 20 October in London,
A Future that Works
Email to order copies of the new DCH newspaper out in September (£20
for 100/£120 for 1,000) or new Right to Buy - Warning and other posters
(10 for £1/100 for £7).
Dates and events
DCH@TUC Brighton 9-10 September - email if you can be there
London activists meeting - Housing for the 99% 7pm Camden Town Hall WC1H 9JE
ARCH (Assoc of Retained Council Housing) Tenants' conference Kettering Conference Centre 19 September see details here
Labour conference Manchester from 30 Sept, with DCH fringe meeting Friend Meeting House 6pm Tue 2nd October Note
Council and other landlords must consult on use of new tenancies
and rents before Jan 2012, following the Localism Act 2011.
May-July 2012 saw another 42% fall in new council and Private Registered
Provider (PRP or housing association) homes, compared to the same
period last year - see figures here and here
See the latest Housing Emergency Briefing here
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Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Monday, 30 January 2012
Guest Blog - Housing Emergency - Time for an Alternative
By Defend Council Housing,
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| Council Housing in Burnt Oak |
DCH and Housing Emergency have lauched an open statement and on 21st Feb 6.30 House of Commons Ken Loach, Owen Jones (author, Chavs), Stephen Battersby, Councillor Catherine West, Austin Mitchell MP, Gail Cartmail,tenants, unions and others will launch a new wave of meetings and campaigning round the country: Time for an Alternative. Meetings already organised around the country to galvanise action, including: 25 Feb Leeds, 16 March 7pm Cambridge, 26 March Tower Hamlets, 29 March Harlow. Many more are planned, by Tenants Federations, Trades Councils, local DCH and housing campaigners and others.
What you can do
1. sign the Housing Emergency statement - download the statement here. Get tenant, union, community and political group(s) to sign it.
2. Come to an organising meeting 7th Feb 6pm at Camden Town Hall Judd St WC1 9JE - see map here
3. Get people to the launch meeting 21 Feb 6.30pm meeting at House of Commons with Ken Loach, Owen Jones, Stephen Battersby and others - see leaflet here or contact
info@defendcouncilhousing.org.uk for copies
4. Organise a local meeting - get in touch if you want help with leaflets, speakers etc
For background information on the demand for investment in council housing and who supports the campaign see www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk
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Monday, 5 December 2011
All-out assault on council housing
| The government's housing strategy is an all-out assault on council housing. They propose to continued underfunding of council housing, combined with fixed-term tenancies, subsidies for more stock transfers, and increased sale of council homes through Right to Buy, to be replaced with up to 80% market rents.This would destroy the principles of decent, affordable, secure and accountable council housing as a public asset and a service to meet general need. Tenants, housing workers and trade unions, councillors, MPs and campaigners can challenge, resist and stop these policies, through united and determined local and national campaigning.A national Defend Council Housing meeting next Saturday will agree the next steps to: * Ensure councils reject fixed term tenancies, up to 80% market rents and restricted access to council housing. Oppose any evictions due to housing benefit cuts and caps * Fight stock transfers and end subsidies to privatisation * Challenge ministers to demand they stop the attacks and invest in council housing * Unite a big, broad national movement against attacks on rents, benefits and tenancies, and for the homes, rights and tenancies we need | DCH national meeting Sat 10 December - all welcome 12-4pm at Camden Town Hall, Judd St WC1H 8NJ. Oppose Kings Cross/St Pancras rail/underground - see map here Meeting against Wandsworth Council evictions - Monday 5th December at Doddington Community Centre - see leaflet here |
Monday, 12 April 2010
Guest Blog : Important Council Housing issues
By Robert at Barnet Defend Council Housing,
Hello. I'm not a blogger but with the election approaching, the issue of the future of council housing is something which will affect many people in Barnet. We have thousands of people on the waiting list and huge developments in Barnet which fail to even touch on these issues. What sort of a society allows huge housing developments, building homes for 60,000 people from outside the borough of Barnet, whilst not even scratching the surface of the council house waiting list. Please click on the attached links to find out more information about the future of council housing in London.
Hello. I'm not a blogger but with the election approaching, the issue of the future of council housing is something which will affect many people in Barnet. We have thousands of people on the waiting list and huge developments in Barnet which fail to even touch on these issues. What sort of a society allows huge housing developments, building homes for 60,000 people from outside the borough of Barnet, whilst not even scratching the surface of the council house waiting list. Please click on the attached links to find out more information about the future of council housing in London.
Thanks to Rog at the Barneteye for letting me use his blog.
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Robert at Barnet Defend Council Housing is a campaigner for better Council housing in Barnet. All guest. There is a link to the campaign in the sidebar.
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