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Regional housing contacts

Contact details for UNISON's regional officers dealing with housing issues.

UNISONdirect: 0845 355 0845

Eastern: Cheryl Godber, St Edmunds House, Lower Baxter Street, Bury St. Edmunds; c.godber@unison.co.uk

East Midlands: Dawn Bushnell and Donna Rowe-Merriman, UNISON Regional Center, Vivian Avenue, Nottingham; d.rowe-merriman@unison.co.uk and d.bushnell@uniso.co.uk

Greater London: Colin Innnis, Ist Floor, Congress House, 23-27 Great Russell Street, London; c.innis@unison.co.uk

Northern: Mike Hill, Drinkwater House, 210-212 Marton Road, Middlesborough; m.hill@unison.co.uk

North West: Norma Brown, North West Regional Centre, Arena Point 1 Hunts Bank, Manchester. 0161 211 1000; n.brown@unison.co.uk

Scotland: Simon McFarlane, Unison House, 14 West Campbell Street, Glasgow; s.mcfarlane@unison.co.uk

South East: Vacancy, UNISON House, 8 Church Street, Reading, Berkshire; c.britnell@unison.co.uk

South West: Alan Martin, Ryan House, Sandford Lane Estate, Wareham, BJ20 4DY; a.martin@unison.co.uk

Cymru/Wales: Darren Dupre, UNISON, Suite A, The Courtyard, Wind Street, Swansea SA1 1DP; d.dupre@unison.co.uk

West Midlands: Andrew Johnson, 24 Livery Street Birmingham; a.johnson@unison.co.uk

Yorkshire & Humberside: Vacancy, 332/334 Cemetary Lane, Sharrow Head, Sheffield; a.freeman@unison.co.uk

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The national officer responsible for housing at UNISON head office is Pete Challis
UNISON Local government
UNISON Centre,
130 Euston Road,
London NW1 2AY
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Housing News

Housing documents

Why Universal Credit is an issue for local government

Why Universal Credit is an issue for local government - briefing
Link to a PDF document on this siteAcrobat PDF

UNISON briefing on Welfare Reform Bill

This briefing highlights UNISON's concerns about how Housing Benefit services will be incorporated into the new Universal Credit. It calls for local authorities to retain responsibility for the housing cost component of Universal Credit and work closely with the Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) to deliver the best possible and efficient service.
Link to a PDF document on this siteUNISON briefing on Welfare Reform Bill

UNISON briefing on Coalition housing policies

This paper provides an overview and analysis of the Coalition government’s policies and their implications.
Link to a PDF document on this siteUNISON briefing on Coalition housing policies

A new generation of council housing

Report by APSE for UNISON on the way ahead for building new council housing - part of A Million Voices for a Million Homes campaign.
Link to a PDF document on this siteA new generation of council housing

 
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