“Newham has one of the most extensive,longest running and most effective landlordlicensing schemes in the country. It was set up in 2013 and renewed for another 5 years in 2018. At one stage Newham was prosecuting more criminal landlords that th…Read more…
“Socialist Housing Policies for a Recovering Britain”
Yesterday (Saturday) was pretty much a Labour Housing Group day (LHG is is a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party “we work within the movement, both nationally and locally, to develop and promote workable socialist housing policies th…Read more…
“Welcome to the new Red Brick blog! The place for progressive housing policy debate”
Check out the new home for Red Brick blog, if you are interested in housing policy and debate then this should be your first port of call. Read more…
LABOUR’S HOUSING POLICIES – A DOORSTEP GUIDE
LHG has produced a Guide to Labour’s housing policies, summarising the key policies in the 2019 Manifesto to talk about on the doorstep.Housing is at the top of the manifesto conversation in the media. Make sure you know what we are saying we…Read more…
Campaigning for a Fairer private rented sector
This is a model housing motion from London Labour Housing Group. It makes perfect sense to me. I have submitted to West Ham GC as a UNISON delegate.
“This conference notes:
1.That the number of households in London who rent from private la…Read more…
Home ownership is the most ‘subsidised’ tenure
Another excellent housing “myth buster” by Red Brick (Website of the Labour Housing Group) “home ownership is now easily the most subsidised tenure, much more so than social housing, with private renting receiving the least help”.
“It often seems that…Read more…
Red Brick – “The Help to Buy Gravy Train” by Steve Hilditch
(Nearly home after a fascinating meeting of London @LabourHousing policy Some great ideas and presentations ( I was late) on Council housing new build, relationship with Housing Associations, Community Land Trusts. Chaired by #GLA #Housing lead @tomcop…Read more…
120k kids in B&Bs, Grenfell Tower; 200k Tenants abused pa; NHHG Fashion, Rutting Stags, Tackling Fuel Poverty – Labour Housing Group AGM 2018
This morning I went to the AGM of the Labour Housing Group which took place at Camden Town Hall. The LHG is a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party, which as the name suggests, is a forum concerned with the political development of Labour ho…Read more…
#Lab16 Labour Housing Group fringe
After the “Unions together” fringe on Sunday I cycled (using the Liverpool Council rented City Bikes) from the conference centre to my 2nd housing fringe that evening at the historic Cunard Buildng in Pier Head.
The Labour Housing Group is a soci…Read more…