UNISON West Midlands - Affordable housing petition
UNISON's 'Unlock the Door' campaign in the West Midlands is part of our national Million Voices Campaign which is calling for a commitment to deliver 1 million affordable homes in the UK by 2015. There is a huge shortage of affordable homes and already there are 5 million people on housing waiting lists and more than 600,000 families are living in overcrowded homes.
UNISON believes that investing in house building makes social and economic sense. It will create jobs in the construction industry and local building workers spend their wages in the local economy. New Council homes, secure funding for housing associations and security for tenants are all essential if we are to tackle this daunting problem. And the 70,000 homes currently empty in the West Midlands need to be brought back into use for families.
Unlock the door - PDF UNISON report on affordable homes.
