Housing
The tectonic shift that has occurred in the global financial markets means that the housing landscape in the UK will never be the same again. One result will be that many thousands of UK households will be caught in the gap between affordable rent and home ownership. The ‘New Foundations’ model is a new form of intermediate home ownership that can ensure these new and emerging households have access to a decent home that they can afford, and allows them to accumulate a financial stake.
Through housing co-operative and other mutual organisations, tenants and residents have taken real control over decisions that affect their lives and created strong and cohesive communities. We should take action to embed co-operative and mutual housing solutions at the heart of its overall strategy.
Download the Co-operative Party pamphlet, New Foundations: unlocking the potential for affordable homes by David Rodgers.
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Chris Williamson MP: Co-operative housing encapsulates localism (27 Apr 2012)
Following his recent visit to co-operative housing pioneer Redditch Homes, shadow local government minister Chris Williamson looks at the potential for mutual housing DEMAND for affordable housing is rising almost as fast as the Government is making savage cuts to public spending. A combination of the two is hardly a cocktail for success, and answers [...]
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Mike Hedges AM: A Co-operative Future for Housing in Wales? (21 Feb 2012)
Mike Hedges, Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Swansea East, looks at how co-operative solutions can address the need for quality affordable housing in Wales. With the average age of first-time buyers being 37 and expected to rise to 40, it’s perfectly clear that the current housing system needs to be changed. Hefty [...]
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Nicky Gavron AM: Countdown for Housing (12 Jan 2012)
London Assembly Member Nicky Gavron writes on the potential for Co-operative Housing ahead of May’s elections in London. In London, no one can be unaware that we are in the midst of a housing crisis. So the Co-operative Housing (Tenure) Bill is timely and welcome. With supply at an all time low, spiralling private sector [...]
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“Co-op housing will be a central plank of Labour’s housing policies in the next manifesto” (28 Nov 2011)
Last Wednesday, co-operators gathered in Westminster with Labour's Shadow Housing Minister to discuss Labour & Co-operative MP Jonathan Reynolds’ private members bill on co-operative housing tenure, reports Daniel Carey-Dawes.
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Jonathan Reynolds MP: Breaking out of the feudal straitjacket (9 Nov 2011)
Most Labour activists, councillors and MPs will be familiar with the housing crisis in Britain. First time buyers are now confronted with an average house price of more than £160,000 (£280,000 in London) to get their first step on the housing ladder, and the average deposit required has now hit £52,000. Many people simply cannot [...]
