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UNISON joins alliance to defend affordable housing

Housing and Planning Bill will lead to social cleansing, claims campaign group

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON backs TUC young workers’ housing charter

UNISON is backing the TUC’s housing charter for young people in the private rented sector

Article on the UNISON National site.

Government fails to ensure right to adequate housing, says new report

New report from Just Fair Consortium highlights concerns over housing

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Houses simply unaffordable for first-time buyers

New Shelter report shows scale of housing problem facing first-time buyers in every region of England

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Time to stop talking in conferences

Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters

Article on the UNISON National site.

On the agenda: an alternative to austerity

UNISON’s national delegate conference meets in Liverpool next week to set the union’s priorities for the year ahead

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for massive investment in Scottish social housing

New housing policy document argues that social housing is key to reducing poverty and inequality, and their long-term effects on health and wellbeing

Article on the UNISON National site.

Delegates condemn the big society rhetoric from government

And, faced with massive funding cuts, the organisations "prey on staff, prey on their loyalty commitment and prey on their terms and conditions."She […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Resistance must be based on ‘sound analysis’

MacAskill tells Cardiff May Day rally of UNISON’s ‘potential big idea’ to boost the Welsh economy

Article on the UNISON National site.

Building for the future

A century on from the Housing and Planning Act that created council housing, Tony Braisby explains why we need council homes more than ever

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Take part in UNISON’s survey on the state of housing

The work will find out more about the housing issues members are facing

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Blog: Fighting for the future of council housing

I was brought up in a council house in inner-city Leeds. I know that council housing is vital to our country’s future, because like millions of people it’s part of my own life story and I know what a huge difference it can make to any family.

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Public money for public housing

Councils need support to rebuild their capacity to meet the country’s housing needs

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON says Spring Statement housing proposals don’t go far enough

The union welcomes government’s proposals, but is concerned that no further funds are being made available for genuinely affordable homes

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Speaking up for tenants

National Housing Federation launches consultation on giving tenants and residents a greater say in housing matters

Article on the UNISON National site.