Ending right to buy is a necessary step towards resolving the housing crisis It’s high time for England to follow Scotland and Wales in ending the privatisation of collectively owned housing. MARTIN WICKS explains why
Features | Friday 27th Mar 2020 Covid-19 crisis creates a compelling case to cancel local authority debt
Friday 19th Oct 2018 Labour needs to be pressed to put council housing at the top of its priorities list MARTIN WICKS reflects on Labour’s housing policy in the wake of the party’s conference in Liverpool
Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Council Housing Beware of this stealth attack on public-sector housing Under the radar, the government is sneaking in the possibility of a new programme of 'stock transfers' of council housing to housing associations. That should be resisted at all costs, says MARTIN WICKS
Monday 11th Jun 2018 We need 100,000 council homes a year not ‘affordable homes’ MARTIN WICKS urges Star readers to remind Labour of its primary housing concern
Monday 22nd Jan 2018 Housing Raising the ‘borrowing cap’ is not a solution to the council housing shortage Councils must have government grants to fund the large-scale council housebuilding programme we need, writes MARTIN WICKS
Thursday 14th Dec 2017 Housing A radical programme of action The Partys housing policy still clings to New Labours infatuation with home ownership rather than breaking with it, argues MARTIN WICKS