Given the scale of the housing crisis, and the sheer variety of ways in which it manifests, housing has been a gaping hole in much of the general election debate. We attempt to fill some of this gap by analysing four manifestos’ housing pledges: the Conservatives, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, and the Green… Continue reading Housing in Four Party Manifestos
The Financial Times (FT), one of Britain's most high profile newspapers, has published a detailed exposure of the service charge scandal, and has called on government to bring it to an end. "If you just let them put it all through on trust then you’re almost certainly getting fleeced” Clare Richards, Peabody tenant The piece… Continue reading Service Charges Exposed
By guest writer Sue Morton Several years ago, sick of the service we were getting from the Heating contractors used by Affinity Sutton, I set up a Facebook group for other tenants to share their stories about them. It wasn’t a very big group but it was effective and we eventually got on BBC South… Continue reading Clarion Tenants’ Complaints Group Gathers Strength
