Thanks to all those who have booked for the ‘Housing In Crisis’ meeting in Leeds on Saturday 5 March, 11.00am - 4.00pm and also to those who have sent their apologies.


If you are having difficulty using the link sent previously here is the link to the ILP Home Page where details of the event are currently the third article down on the right http://www.independentlabour.org.uk/main/


You can book a place online now via Eventbrite.


The speakers are Quintin Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Planning and Housing at Leeds Beckett University, Fabian Hamiliton MP for Leeds North East and author of ‘Building Homes For Britain’ and Ellen Robottom from Hands Off Our Homes.


Hope to see you there.


David Connolly

Chair, ILP

Labour Housing Group members will be interested to know that, as part of its ‘Unbalanced Britain’ series, Independent Labour Publications is holding a meeting on ‘Housing In Crisis’ at the Rose Bowl in Leeds LS1 3HB on Saturday 5 March 2016, 11.00am - 4.00pm.


The speakers are: Quintin Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Planning and Housing at Leeds Beckett University, Fabian Hamilton MP for Leeds North East and author of ‘Building Homes For Britain’ and Ellen Robottom from Hands Off Our Homes.


The event is free with lunch £4 payable on the day. To book a place go to:

http://www.independentlabour.org.uk/main/2016/01/28/unbalanced-britain-housing-in-crisis/


David Connolly

Chair,ILP

This needs some serious updating as a website. As does your facebook page!!!


What about the Evaluation of removal of the spare room subsidy?? Which was released on the last day of parliament This needs a serious campaign. And challenging. And a motion for it’s abolishment. People have died. People are starving. People are being evicted. Thanks to this vile policy. Labour need to do something about this. And, ASAP.

I attended the conference in Liverpool and have the following comments to make after researching the speakers. I understand that speaker Ann O’Byrne (deputy mayor of Liverpool) was convicted a couple of months ago of driving away from the scene of an accident which occurred just 100 yards away from the Cunard Building. I was very surprised that the fine was only £535. She should have resigned from her post, and should not have been invited to speak at our conference. In his glowing description of her, the chair failed to give us details of her unspent criminal convictions. I understand that the CEO of Northwards Housing was paid £102,000 last year, helping to reinforce the chair’s critical comments about overpaid executives of housing associations. The top four executives were paid around a third of million in total, and the outfit spent more on staff salaries than it did on repairs and maintenance. Nice work if you can get it. Meanwhile criminal landlords are making money hand over fist while useless councils are failing to prosecute them. Not surprised most of the population are disengaged from politics.

Hi it is a disgrace that there is no democracy in Housing Associations where people are appointed to them by a committee with no residents or leaseholder imput.


Also we need more openness in residents associaiton and leaseholders associations. Maybe open elections contested by political parties?

Hello,

Would you mind if GMB Young London were to have a small assembly outside the hustings event on the 2nd July? The purpose is to continue with our housing campaign. We were thinking along the lines of approximately 20 people outside the University from 1800-1900. Is this OK?

Best regards,

Karl Johnson,

GMB Young London

I really do not like this new website. It’s tone is totally wrong, it’s heavy orientation towards social media is fatuous and it does not appear to give access to any documents on anything to do with housing, the LHG position on housing or, apart from listing the members of committee, anything to do with the constitution, running or organisation of the LHG. I looked up the website because I have recently had contact with a number of Party members locally who are interested in campaigning on housing. My first thought was to tell them about LHG and encourage them to go to the website to find out more. However the website is now such an embarrassment that I willl not do this for fear of either putting them off or inviting ridicule. What on earth are you doing?