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 of…
We need rent controls to fight poverty – and climate change
Photo: Living Rent Campaign 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…
The Tories have ended the Green Deal Finance initiative—what does that mean?
Photo: Steven Lek, Wikimedia. 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…
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 next…
‘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, and…
‘NUS Welfare should be seen as one facet of a bigger fight for the welfare state’: interview with Shelly Asquith
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Shelly Asquith, standing for Vice President Welfare at NUS Conference this week, in the fifth of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for…
5 Reasons Housing is a Feminist Issue #LivingRent
Today is International Women’s Day, an important time for highlighting campaigns which promote gender equality. The struggle for better housing has historically been lead by women, with Mary Barbour and…
Illegal Evictions – Divide and rule
Since the start of the recession there has been a rise in illegal evictions, and with the changes to Housing Benefit coming in next year there could be an even…
Success for Campaign Against Letting Agency Fees
The Scottish Government have announced that they will clarify the existing laws against letting agency fees, confirming that the fees which many tenants are forced to pay for referencing, credit…
Letting Agent Fails to Disrupt Tenant Protest
In a farcical move, letting agent DJ Alexander hired contractors to carry out unsafe work outside their offices at noon on Friday 20th July in an attempt to prevent a…