The latest news and events from the LRC's 'Defend Council Housing{/exp:xml_encode}' campaign. http://l-r-c.org.uk/ en-GB Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:38:41 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/the-housing-crisis-wont-be-solved-by-tinkering/ The Housing Crisis Won’t be Solved by Tinkering By Andrew Fisher The Tories’ proposal to extend right to buy to housing association homes united almost every policy commentator in opposition, including the CBI and Telegraph columnists, alongside housing associations and homelessness charities. (the Telegraph headline was ‘Extending the Right to Buy is Economically Illiterate and Morally Wrong’.) Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:24:13 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/stop-sweets-way-evictions/ Stop Sweets Way Evictions On Monday October 30th a county court gave the green light to bailiffs to go in to Sweets Way estate in the London Borough of Barnet. The bailiffs intend to evict protesters so that the homes can be bulldozed and luxury apartments built in their place. Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:28:01 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/housing-benefit-reforms-will-cause-immense-human-suffering-says-john-mcdonn/ LRC Chair John McDonnell MP last night condemned government proposals to cut housing benefit. John, speaking in a Parliamentary debate in the House of Commons on Housing Benefit, attacked opposition MPs for blaming tenants and not landlords for extortionate rents, and called for an emergency housing programme. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:22:35 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/labour-mp-calls-on-government-to-avoid-electoral-suicide-on-housing/ In December the Government will unveil its Housing Green Paper amid fears that council housing tenants rights will be attacked - following speeches by previous Housing Minister Caroline Flint. Today, the Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals to means test and time limit council ‘secure’ tenancies.