Case for Council Housing

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	The Case for council housing in 21st Century Britain
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DCH has produced a new 98 page pamphlet bringing together 31 articles from leading tenant activists, MPs, trade unionists, councillors and academics.

Get your organisation to bulk order (@£2.50 each) printed copies to distribute to tenants reps, councillors and trade unionists in your area.

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Introduction	Austin Mitchell MP
Why council housing is desirable and we need more of it	Michael Meacher MP
Housing plays a critical role	Dave Prentis
What is the Housing Problem?	Peter Ambrose
Housing Policy Failures and the Rise of Extremism	John Cruddas MP
Civil Servants want investment in council housing too	Mark Serwotka
Choice must be genuine	Paul Holmes MP
There was a community!	Dot Gibson
Securing a sustainable future for council housing	Darren Johnson, London Assembly Member
Birmingham cries out for investment in council housing	Lynne Jones MP
Housing Associations not the answer	Gerald Kaufman MP
Cambridge: A tale of two ballots	John Marais
Stop the bullying in Tower Hamlets	Cllr. Ahmed Hussain
Mid Devon: Affront to democracy if 'fourth option' denied	Cllr. David Nation
Resistance to transfer in Wales	Paul Lynch
New research on RSLs: rents, supervision and mergers	Vic Warren
Sunderland: Transfer is a one-way ticket	Cllr. Mike Tansey
West Lancs Vote No and demand robbery stop	Cllr. Jane Roberts
Glasgow failure fuels tenants opposition	Jenni Marrow
Scotland: 'Affordable' Home Ownership Scams	Frank Ward
Losing Direct Labour's contribution	Davy Brockett
Our Labour government should implement the party's policy	Derek Simpson
Labour Party supports 'Fourth Option'	Jim Kennedy
Independent tenants movement	John Grayson
Ideology subverts social housing	Dexter Whitfield
'Moonlight Robbery' must end now	Brian Pordage
Funding the 'Fourth Option'	Lesley Carty
Why we're fighting	Eileen Short
Time for 'honest debate'	Jack Dromey
Conclusion	Alan Walter