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Homes for all – housing day of action

A day of action on 11 February will call on the Westminster government to fund a rent freeze and end evictions during the cost of living crisis

Article on the UNISON National site.

The government’s new housing proposals are ‘flawed’, says UNISON

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘We are in the business of protecting the most vulnerable people’

Community conference sets out key policies in social care, housing, health and safety and much more

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for safe, decent and affordable homes for all

Union demands a housing policy that works for working people as it publishes a manifesto for a new decade

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Local government workers can’t afford to live in the towns they serve

Housing is out of reach for public service workers, declares local government conference

News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON welcomes new law on tenancy fees

New Tenancy Fees Act (Engalnd) comes into force on 1 June – Scotland and Wales have own legislation

Article on the UNISON National site.

What you need to know about government housing plans (England)

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

Housing Summit – Safe, Secure Homes for All

Date
8 December 2018 11:00am–5:00pm
Location
Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD

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 […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for properly funded council housing

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

Labour’s housing plans give millions priced out of housing real hope, says UNISON

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 […]

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

‘It’s a disgrace that housing workers live in worse conditions than those they are trying to house’

Access to good, affordable social housing is key to family and social health, community service group conference hears

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Building a national housing consensus and homes for all

We need to restore direct investment and subsidy for public housing

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Shifting the balance of power

Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’

Magazine, moving on the UNISON National site.

Shifting the balance of power

Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

UNISON welcomes end of compulsory ‘Pay to Stay’ policy

Government says it will not press ahead with policy which would have forced council in England to charge market rents to so-called high earners

Article, News on the UNISON National site.