Monthly Archives: October 2015
The new tenants’ movement
One hundred years since the famous Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915 and we’re still battling the same housing crisis. One hundred years ago the Glasgow rent strikers won the right to rent regulation and council housing. In the last thirty years … Continue reading
Pawns in their game? Neighbourhood plans win more powers
Neighbourhood plans in England are creating new lines of political conflict in the relationship between central and local government. The new Housing and Planning Bill (2015) grants neighbourhood planning areas a right of appeal to the secretary of state in … Continue reading
Five things the government has done to worsen the housing crisis
1.Wrongly expected the volume builders to deliver for housing need The government expects the volume house builders to deliver the 240,000 extra homes we need each year. And it has cleared every obstacle to ensure the house builders get the … Continue reading
That starter homes pledge
So the promise of 200,000 starter homes will be fulfilled by ending affordable rented housing on private developments. Instead the Prime Minister has announced that developers can meet their planning gain obligations (known as S106 agreements) by building discounted homes … Continue reading