Cancel local authority debt

To provide councils with resources which are desperately needed for this unprecedented crisis, cancel the debt owed to the Public … More

2020 Budget: where’s the grant for council house building?

The 2020 budget indicates that the new Affordable Homes Programme starting in 2021 would have £12.2 billion funding. This is … More

Only 5% of new homes funded by Homes England grant are ‘social rent’

“Affordable rent is a new funding model, which involves three main changes: housing providers can charge higher rents for affordable … More

Councils need some serious funding if they are to return to large-scale housebuilding

This is an article for Inside Housing magazine A week after the General Election Swindon Council leader David Renard wrote … More

Rent increase: tenants should not pay the cost of government underfunding of council housing

Swindon council will argue that their proposed above inflation 2.7% rent increase for council tenants in 2020-21 is acceptable because … More

Swindon as dormitory town?

According to government statistics not a single ‘social rent’ home was added to Swindon’s housing stock over the last five … More

The government increases the cost of ‘borrowing to build’

When local authorities build council housing, even if they receive central government grant, they borrow from the government’s own Public … More

The “Addison Act” and the building of Pinehurst

Parallels between the housing crisis in 1919 and today This pamphlet draws on original research into the Addison Act and … More

Why Labour should commit to £10 billion a year for council housing

This article was published by Inside Housing . For those without access to IH you can read on below. Pete … More

A fundamental change in Labour’s housing policy?

The composite housing resolution which went before Labour’s conference on Wednesday morning was passed unanimously. It marks a fundamental shift … More