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Labour launches social housing review call for evidence
Labour is seeking submissions from social housing professionals, as it launches a call for evidence as part of its social housing review.
The review was unveiled by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at the party’s conference in September, a week after the government announced a “wide-ranging” Social Housing Green Paper.
Mr Corbyn promised that his party’s social housing review would help bring forward “a radical programme of action”.
The call for evidence claims that “the very definition of ‘affordable housing’ has been stretched beyond breaking point” and that “tenant voice has been watered down”.
It talks of a “bold, long-term plan to make housing genuinely affordable, safe, secure and decent, and to give tenants more control over decisions about their homes”.
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There are 18 questions on the current policy landscape, the definition of ‘affordable’, levels of building, the standard of social housing and residents’ rights.
John Healey, shadow secretary of state for housing, said: “The Conservatives have given up on social housing and social housing residents. Investment has been cut, tenant voice has been undermined, standards have been eroded and secure tenancies have been scrapped.
“A Labour government will offer fresh hope and a new deal on social housing. I want to hear from the housing sector about what you think Labour should do to put social housing at the centre of our efforts to tackle the housing crisis.”
The deadline for responses is 31 January 2018 and the full call for evidence document is attached below.
