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Cap it!

Date
1 September 2016 – 31 January 2018

The South East Young Members’ Forum has launched a campaign aimed at persuading the government to introduce rent capping in the South East. The South East has the second highest median rents, where private rental properties cost an average of £852 per month. The median rental values in London and the South East have grown […]

Campaign on the UNISON South East site.

Home ownership now little more than a pipe dream for public sector workers

Getting a deposit together and obtaining a mortgage are often insurmountable hurdles for those […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.

Rental costs in the South East price public service staff out of housing, says UNISON

Employees are being forced to work further away from where they do their jobs, and young people cannot afford to move out of the family home. “There needs to be less talk and more […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.

UNISON calls on the government to address housing crisis

The nation faces a desperate housing crisis. We need to build at least 250,000 homes per year to meet housing demand but less than half the homes we need are being built. The acute shortage of housing – particularly social and affordable housing – has led to spiralling rents and house prices across the nation […]

News on the UNISON South East site.

UNISON launches new vision for housing in England

Following a call from UNISON South East, the national union has launched it’s all new Housing Manifesto

Article on the UNISON South East site.