Eastbourne Trades Council has thrown its weight behind a campaign for a national programme of Council House building, initiated by Crawley Independent Tenants Association.
The campaign points out that "Nationally millions are on Council waiting lists (Crawley has 3000). Houses to buy or rent privately are too expensive. The most affordable rent is Council Housing. However since Mrs. Thatcher’s right to buy policy, Council stock has shrunk and hasn’t been replaced. The situation is so serious that in Oxford an advert for an 8ft x 8ft shed, with a rent of £450 a month did receive a lot of offers! This situation can’t go on.
Our e-petition calls on the government to start an NHS style (not for profit) national scheme, to build large numbers of council Housing each year. If we get 100 000 signatures throughout the country, then our e-petition has to be considered for debate in parliament."
You can sign the petition by clicking here
Supporters of the campaign include Labour MP John McDonnell, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Councillors from East Sussex and Crawley, Unite the Union's South East Region, Gatwick and Agricultural Workers Branches, and, bizarrely, David Elkin the Tory group leader of Eastbourne Borough Council....
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