Housing

The UK’s financialised housing system turns homes into assets, funnels wealth to the top and deprives millions of secure and affordable housing in the places they love. A new economy that serves the interest of people and planet has to start with meeting people’s most basic needs and that starts with housing.

The Renters’ Rights Bill - though insufficient - is a testament to many years of work from the housing movement, and the growth of member-led tenants unions has brought with it exciting experimentation with community organising and people-powered campaigns that have won significant housing improvements.

Organisations across the country are now voicing strong demands for rent controls and increased social house-building, and linking the housing crisis to an extractive economic system, the challenges posed by climate change and the experiences of migrants and asylum seekers.