The Conservative Party 2015 manifesto committed to building exclusively for first-time buyers under the age of 40 Source: None of the promised 200,000 starter homes have been built, says watchdog [ … ]
Category: Housing crisis
Glasgow’s homeless services blasted in damning new report | Evening Times
GLASGOW City Council has been called on to take “radical and comprehensive” action to improve homelessness services after a damning… Source: Glasgow’s homeless services blasted in damning new report | [ … ]
London tenants to protest at auction of social flats worth £7.2m | Society | The Guardian
Source: London tenants to protest at auction of social flats worth £7.2m | Society | The Guardian
Inequality We need action on student rent, not vague comments from the Tories | Morning Star
Source: Inequality We need action on student rent, not vague comments from the Tories | Morning Star
Whiteinch members protest further rent increases – Living Rent
http://www.livingrent.org/whiteinch_members_protest_further_rent_increases
Scotland ‘streets ahead’ of England on affordable housing delivery – Scottish Housing News
Scotland has delivered a third more affordable homes per capita over the last decade than England, according to figures from the Scottish Government.In answer to a parliamentary question from Edi Source: [ … ]
1915: The Glasgow rent strike
http://libcom.org/history/1915-the-glasgow-rent-strike
Hundreds of thousands living in squalid rented homes in England | Society | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/28/hundreds-of-thousands-living-in-squalid-rented-homes-in-england
Socialist Party :: Labour’s NEC intervenes in Haringey project – but the battle isn’t over
Source: Socialist Party :: Labour’s NEC intervenes in Haringey project – but the battle isn’t over
Sinn Féin supports ICTU’s Charter for Housing Rights – Eoin Ó Broin TD | Sinn Féin
Source: Sinn Féin supports ICTU’s Charter for Housing Rights – Eoin Ó Broin TD | Sinn Féin
UK: Private landlords refusing to remedy Grenfell-style flammable cladding – World Socialist Web Site
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/23/clad-j23.html
Landlords dismiss ‘opportunistic’ call to extend notice period before evictions | Irish Examiner
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/landlords-dismiss-opportunistic-call-to-extend-notice-period-before-evictions-823667.html
Scottish Government urged to prevent Bield care home closures – Scottish Housing News
Public sector union Unison is calling on the Scottish Government to stop the closure of 12 care homes run by Bield Housing and Care.Bield outlined plans to withdraw from all [ … ]
Multiple ‘Sleep in the Park’ events planned for Scotland to end homelessness – The Scotsman
Source: Multiple ‘Sleep in the Park’ events planned for Scotland to end homelessness – The Scotsman
May’s new housing minister voted AGAINST making homes fit to live in
You’d think Theresa May would learn. Well, maybe you wouldn’t. But after the embarrassment of appointing Toby ‘toadmeister’ Young to the board of the new universities regula… Source: May’s new [ … ]
Activists occupy Glasgow city centre building in protest
Source: Activists occupy Glasgow city centre building in protest
Tenancy overhaul in Scotland hailed as ‘new dawn’ for private renters | UK news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/01/tenancy-overhaul-in-scotland-hailed-new-dawn-private-renters-housing-landlords
Rent Strikes! (1915 onwards): Glasgow event
https://www.facebook.com/events/494787030919765/?ti=cl