The union calls on people to respond to the government’s consultation on it’s new scheme, which will not solve the housing crisis
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‘We are in the business of protecting the most vulnerable people’
Community conference sets out key policies in social care, housing, health and safety and much more
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UNISON calls for safe, decent and affordable homes for all
Union demands a housing policy that works for working people as it publishes a manifesto for a new decade
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Local government workers can’t afford to live in the towns they serve
Housing is out of reach for public service workers, declares local government conference
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UNISON welcomes new law on tenancy fees
New Tenancy Fees Act (Engalnd) comes into force on 1 June – Scotland and Wales have own legislation
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What you need to know about government housing plans (England)
Plans to abolish ‘no-fault’ evictions are welcome, says union, but more needs to be done for private tenants
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Tories build fewest homes since Second World War
This article in today’s Daily Telegraph shows that the Tories since 2010 will have built the fewest homes since the war.
“new-build housing completions in England between 2010 and 2019 are set to be approximately 130,000 per year. That is w…Read more…
Newham Full Council Meeting 18 June 2018 – 3 minute update on Housing Services
Picture from the new style Newham Full Council meeting at East Ham Town Hall yesterday evening. The most people I have ever seen at a normal Council meeting I think?
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UNISON calls for properly funded council housing
Meeting just three-days after Grenfell anniversary, conference calls for safe and affordable housing for all
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Magpie Project
I spent some time this morning at the Magpie Project in Forest Gate talking to families using the centre & volunteers. I was so impressed. A fantastic respite & haven for mums and children living in temporary accommodation in and around Newham …Read more…
Labour’s housing plans give millions priced out of housing real hope, says UNISON
Thursday 19 April 2018 For immediate release Commenting on Labour’s plans to build a million ‘genuinely affordable’ properties over 10 years, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “It’s great…Read more…
‘It’s a disgrace that housing workers live in worse conditions than those they are trying to house’
Access to good, affordable social housing is key to family and social health, community service group conference hears
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Building a national housing consensus and homes for all
We need to restore direct investment and subsidy for public housing
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Shifting the balance of power
Devolution is finally reaching the English regions. On May 4 voters get to elect the first tranche of “metro mayors”
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UNISON welcomes end of compulsory ‘Pay to Stay’ policy
Government says it will not press ahead with policy which would have forced council in England to charge market rents to so-called high earners
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‘What kind of world have we created?’
Director Ken Loach talks about his acclaimed new film, which deals with the ‘conscious cruelty’ of the benefits system, leading people towards food banks and homelessness
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How will the new housing act affect you and your family?
UNISON has published a new briefing on the 2016 Housing and Planning Act (England)
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UNISON vows to campaign for social housing
Conference agrees actions against Housing Act
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Housing crisis is ‘a national disaster’, conference hears
Local government delegates hear plea for a housing policy which will help people: ‘build, build, build’
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‘We will work to protect housing association jobs and conditions’
UNISON tells London housing associations planning merger that success of plans relies on ‘efforts of dedicated workforce’
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