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The new legislation bans unfair lettings fees for administration, reference checks and tenancy renewal fees, which create huge affordability […]

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 […]

The dream of buying a home is beyond most public service workers, and Mr Chiverton told conference that the lack of social housing mean that the reality of renting […]

More than 4,000 workers are employed by the three housing associations and will be affected by the plans. “We are […]

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

Date

8 December 2018 11:00am–5:00pm

Location

Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD

Key topics to be discussed will include investment in council homes, fire safety and tower blocks and […]

Meeting just three-days after Grenfell anniversary, conference calls for safe and affordable housing for all

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

The union calls on people to respond to the government’s consultation on it’s new scheme, which will not solve the housing crisis

Plans to abolish ‘no-fault’ evictions are welcome, says union, but more needs to be done for private tenants

UNISON campaigned against a policy which would have seen thousands of families facing rent hikes, financial hardship or losing their […]

And I’m a little involved with a charity there called Doorway [working with vulnerable young people] which is run by a friend, Carol Gallagher. So Paul [Laverty] and I went there. Carol […]