I am still catching up on posts about this years Labour Party Conference. On the Monday evening of conference I was an UNISON speaker at the “Axe the Housing Act” fringe with Unite Assistant General Secretary, Steve Turner (seen speaking…Read more…
“Expensive exercise in futility’ Tory plans to evict tens of thousands over “Pay to Stay”
Hat tip to a hard hitting post in “Red Brick” seen below about the Tory plans to evict tens of thousands of working council and Housing Association tenants and their families.
This plan to means test all social tenants will cost millions to admi…Read more…
Newham UNISON AGM 2016: Right to Buy and Pay to Stay
Last Friday I was a guest speaker at the UNISON Newham Local Government branch AGM in East Ham Town Hall on the Housing Bill which is currently going through the House of Lords. I was there as a Housing Worker and UNISON Regional Council Officer.
Glor…Read more…
Extending the “Right to Buy” to Housing Associations and “Pay to Stay”.
“Pay to Stay” seems to be finally making the news. This is the speech I made at the UNISON London regional AGM this month, while moving my branches motion on this and “Right to buy”. The motion was passed unanimously and will go to the UNISON national …Read more…
Evidence from the UNISON Housing Associations Branch to the Select Committee
“We are a London-based branch of the national trade union UNISON, which organises workers providing public services.
We organise over 3,000 workers across Greater London who are employed by housing associations and are recognised by most of the G…Read more…
The Future of Housing Associations & Social Housing
Yesterday we had the news that Genesis, a large Housing Association is to stop building homes for rent following the recent Government budget.
Today, Inside Housing magazine reports that other housing associations are seeking advice on how to deregist…Read more…