Defend council housing campaign

Follow the links below for the latest news on our campaign. Also see the Defend Council Housing (DCH) website or sign up for updates direct from DCH.


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Tories threaten security of tenure for eight million social housing tenants and Britain’s house building programme

26 February 2010

David Cameron’s housing policies threaten security of tenure for millions of social housing tenants .

Defend Council Housing conference

28 January 2010

With the housing market failing to deliver, waiting lists and overcrowding growing, there is a need for more council housing - TUC conference 19 March 2010

MPs and councillors urged to make housing a key election priority

22 January 2010

An acceleration in Britain’s council house building programme will be centre stage at a meeting for local authority councillors called by Unite.

Council house spending boost welcomed by Unite

11 January 2010

The government’s commitment to boosting council housing is in stark contrast to the Tories’ plans aimed at the better-off

'The tide bringing more public housing is getting stronger' says Unite

29 October 2009

The latest government ‘push’ on housing – 54 publicly funded housing projects in England have been given ‘the green light’ – has been welcomed by Unite.

David Cameron – 'Shirley Porter in drag'

15 September 2009

The spectre of Shirley Porter - the disgraced former leader of Westminster council - haunts the current Conservative policy on council housing, says Unite.

2,000 new council houses – ‘a welcome step in the right direction, but ministers need to move further and faster’

09 September 2009

2,000 new council houses – ‘a welcome step in the right direction, but ministers need to move further and faster’

Build Britain out of recession - Unite calls for action to kick-start social housing building programme

16 June 2009

An action plan to kick-start the social housing building programme for the 4.5million people on waiting lists was launched by Unite, the largest union in the country

Local government organisations endorse key demands

07 July 2008

Demand for investment in council housing goes deeper and gets even broader: Important organisations representing local authorities and housing professionals have called on government to stop robbing money from tenants rents to fund investment in council housing.

Support DCH's submission to government's 'HRA Subsidy Review'

07 July 2008

Government's HRA Subsidy Review: DCH has produced a draft submission to the government's HRA Subsidy Review and is inviting supporters to take part in a briefing and discussion on July 14 at Parliament (6-8pm, Grimond Room, Portcullis House) or email comments in advance.

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