New restrictions on renting create migrant homelessness
Since 2012, the UK government has had an explicit agenda to create a ‘hostile environment’ for undocumented migrants. This has been reflected in recent developments in legislation. Enter the...
My visit to Grenfell
Samir Jeraj is Policy and Practice Officer at the Race Equality Foundation and former Green Councillor in Norwich I visited Grenfell Tower as part of my day job in...
Fighting rent exploitation and empowering tenants through Bristol’s community union
The housing crisis so blighting Britain is one the biggest social justice problems we face. Bristol has been one of the cities most acutely affected outside of London. Short sighted...
Five ways you can help the UCL rent strike
This Monday, students at UCL escalated their rent campaign and declared an indefinite rent strike. 150 students in UCL halls are withholding what amounts to £250,000 from their university...
Students at Durham held a funeral for accessible education – here’s why
Last Tuesday, 8th December, students at Durham held a funeral for accessible education. This was a direct response to the latest announcement of an increase college fees and international...
Sian Berry: If elected London Mayor, I will support a resident-led housing revolution
I was selected as Green candidate for Mayor this week, and the pledges I made at the announcement at Earl’s Court put the Green Party on the front line...
We need rent controls to fight poverty – and climate change
This article was written under a pseudonym. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher scrapped rent controls for the Private Rented Sector (PRS) – laws limiting the amount landlords can charge in...
The Tories have ended the Green Deal Finance initiative—what does that mean?
Last Thursday, 23rd July, the Department of Energy and Climate Change announced it was ending funding for the Green Deal Finance Company. In a press release it cited the low...
Tom Chance: ‘Greens can take London back so housing is provided for the common good’
Tom Chance, standing for Green candidate for London Mayor, discusses how the Greens can solve the housing crisis in London. You can find more of Bright Green’s coverage on...
‘Social housing, not social cleansing’ – the case of the Focus E15 Mums
This article was reposted with permission from the Green European Journal, where it first appeared on 22 May 2015. The UK faces a housing crisis. It is this crisis,...