TAROE
"the Government’s proposals...could result in generations of tenants facing insecurity and eviction if they are made law. We call for the
Coalition Government to rethink these proposals."
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South Yorkshire Network of Tenants and Residents
"Stable local communities are sustained by secure tenancies and people who live, care and look after their local areas.
Without this security communities will become more transient and the onus on the individual to help improve their area will
be removed."
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London Tenants Federation
"The problems won't go away by giving short-term tenancies to people who can't afford to buy their own home. Many low
income households would be condemned to a life of being constantly on the move."
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Leeds Tenants Federation
"Leeds Tenants Federation has called on its city council to reject flexible tenancies and promote security of tenure
to all its partner housing associations."
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Camden Federation of TRAs
"Secure tenancies treat all tenants as equal. Flexible tenancies, varied according to the needs of the elderly, sick
and unemployed, will further stigmatise and undermine our common standards."
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Newcastle Tenants Federation
"Newcastle Tenants Federation is opposed to the proposed changes to security of tenure... The long-term implications to
neighborhoods must be born in mind and especially in areas that may become unstable due to this policy...The policy removes
individual tenants' 'choice'..."
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Defend Council Housing
"Council tenants know that council housing doesn't just belong to us, but to future generations as well. For the sake of our
communities, our children and grandchildren, and because we know just how valuable a secure tenancy is, we believe these
proposals should not be implemented."
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Housing Emergency
"Housing Emergency believes that there is a risk that these policies will cause great hardship to tenants and create
so called 'poverty traps'."
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House of Commons Council Housing Group
"Decreasing security by turning council estates into transit camps is madness. Instead of introducing fixed-term tenancies,
government needs to focus on solving the problem of supply."
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Cambridge City Council
"Cambridge City Council, as a stock-retaining Local Authority, is opposed in principle to ending security of tenure and
offering tenancies on a short-term basis."
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Brighton and Hove Council
"“We are committed to no change to security of tenure or succession rights for our council tenants and we will not introduce
flexible tenancies in the city."
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Leeds City Council
"Leeds City Council has agreed not to implement flexible tenancies for council tenants. Speaking directly to
Leeds Tenants Federation, the Executive Member for Housing said the council and its ALMOs would oppose any reduction of
security for new tenants"
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UNITE the union
"The Government's proposals are a serious threat to the viability of council housing and the important role it plays in
developing and sustaining mixed communities."
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Shelter
"At a time when the housing safety net is needed more than ever, these reforms critically damage it by:
· Undermining the legal duty towards homeless people · Removing security in social housing (reducing incentives to work)
Shelter wants to see these proposals removed from the Bill entirely."
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Chartered Institute of Housing
"We are loathe to see social housing becoming exclusively welfare provision, with eligibility policed and managed by
housing staff...Tenancy reviews which determine whether someone keeps their home will be confrontational and not
conducive to a positive landlord-tenant relationship"
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London Civic Forum, London Voluntary Services Council, London Tenants Federation, London Federation of Housing Co-operatives, Camden Federation of Private Tenants, Just Space
"ultimately the introduction of flexible short-term tenancies will result in the promotion of higher levels of poverty and
polarisation in London, and higher costs of housing benefit, health, social care and crime"
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Kate Murray - briefing for Housing Quality Network
"It is difficult to see how this squares with the idea of creating mixed communities...
The government’s proposals ...risk further stigmatising social housing, with an underlying message that it is
essentially a tenure of last resort..."
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Local Government Lawyer
"The absence of a consistent, justified and financially equitable approach to the allocation of housing and setting of
rent levels to accommodate all types of need will inevitability result in unfairness and may jeopardise the existence
of existing mixed communities."
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