This article was written before the Labour conference in response to a Financial Times article which reported that Labour was … More
Category: “Right to Buy”
Labour should end Right to Buy
During his first leadership election Jeremy Corbyn was interviewed by Red Brick, the blog of London Labour Housing Group. He … More
Is Labour’s Housing policy shifting leftwards?
Is Labour’s housing policy shifting leftwards? It’s official policy of suspending Right to Buy (RTB) sales was introduced by Teresa … More
Homelessness and the Housing Revenue Account
Swindon Council’s second raid on the housing account As Swindon Council faces the decline of central government Revenue Support Grant … More
Housing Associations capitulate over ‘right to buy’
When the idea of the extension of ‘right to buy’ to housing associations was first floated housing association representative, including … More
Tory war of attrition against Council housing
Just before the general election the Tories announced that they were going to extend ‘right to buy’ to Housing Associations … More
Ending right to buy “full stop”
“Tackling the Housing Crisis”, produced for Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign for the Labour leadership stands in stark contrast to New Labour’s … More
Get off the fence Harriet – Labour should oppose the theft of ‘social housing’
At the recent Prime Minister’s Question Time David Cameron goaded interim Labour Leader Harriet Harman on Labour’s attitude to the … More
“From right to buy to buy to let”
Greater London Assembly Member Tom Copley has produced a useful report on a neglected aspect of the impact of Thatcher’s … More