A national Housing Summit to discuss how housing campaigners, trade unions and tenant groups can organise and campaign for safe and secure homes for all – and for fairness and justice in our housing system. The Axe the Housing Act Campaign – Secure Homes for All, led by Defend Council Housing and supported by UNISON […]
New Tenancy Fees Act (Engalnd) comes into force on 1 June – Scotland and Wales have own legislation
Thursday 19 April 2018 For immediate release Commenting on Labour’s plans to build a million ‘genuinely affordable’ properties over 10 years, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “It’s great to see Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party taking the housing crisis so seriously. “A million genuinely affordable homes would be a good start to fixing our broken […]
Local government delegates hear plea for a housing policy which will help people: ‘build, build, build’
UNISON tells London housing associations planning merger that success of plans relies on ‘efforts of dedicated workforce’
New UNISON briefing on government’s Housing and Planning Bill highlights risks and offer advice on what you can do
Union demands a housing policy that works for working people as it publishes a manifesto for a new decade
Housing is out of reach for public service workers, declares local government conference
A national Housing Summit to discuss how housing campaigners, trade unions and tenant groups can organise and campaign for safe and secure homes for all – and for fairness and justice in our housing system. The Axe the Housing Act Campaign – Secure Homes for All, led by Defend Council Housing and supported by […]
Meeting just three-days after Grenfell anniversary, conference calls for safe and affordable housing for all
National delegate conference backs a range of approaches to tackle the shortage of affordable housing in a passionate debate A passionate debate at UNISON’s national delegate conference saw the union put forward a range of measures to tackle the housing crisis – or, as one speaker put it, the “housing emergency”. The debate in Liverpool, […]
We need to restore direct investment and subsidy for public housing
Plans to increase the country’s housing stock are welcome, but do nothing to tackle the problems for those on low incomes
7 September 2018 Embargo: 00.01hrs Sunday 9 September 2018 Home ownership little more than a pipe dream for public sector workers in the East of England, says UNISON Owning a home has become virtually impossible for many public sector workers in the East of England, according to research published today (Sunday) by UNISON. Getting a deposit together […]
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 […]
