.png)
Housing
Housing
As the Government looks to the housebuilding industry to kick start the economy we see housing policy in its most fluid state since the Thatcherite attack on social housing in the early 1980s.
For the first time in nearly three decades, Council house building is back on the national political agenda. Many of the pillars of housing policy are beginning to crumble into the sand on which they have been built as the impact of the sub-prime mortgage scandal begins to take its toll on over-extended households exploited on a pathetic minimum wage.
The Government's response is too little to late. There is a pressing need to increase the supply of affordable housing, not just for the poorest in society but the millions of workers on low to middle incomes who are struggling on a daily basis to pay the mortgage and keep a roof over their heads.
There is no better time for Communists to seek to influence the policy debates currently taking place in housing - As a Party member, if you have any specific interest or knowledge in this area, contact
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Quick links:
UCATT www.ucatt.info
GMB www.gmb.org.uk
UNITE www.unitetheunion.com
Defend Council Housing http://www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk/dch/
Sign up for DCH updates
The ideological attack on the social rented sector started by the Thatcher Government’s Right to Buy has been intensified and Britain's house building programme has ground to a standstill. This week Parliament received the largest lobby on housing for many years. Here CP members outline a case for change and publish CP Congress resolutions on the housing issue.
There is an important housing meeting in this Saturday [19/2] with issues discussed and practical campaigning in a Peoples' Charter conference and workshop.
" We need a return to first class council housing" argues Eileen Short, chairwoman of