Social cleansing of homeless families and Bromley Council The Conservative Party in Bromley owes an apology to local taxpayers, homeless families rehoused into Kent, applicants on its rehousing list and the Conservative MP for Medway. The political decision to sell off the housing stock owned by Bromley Council in 1992 to a housing [...]

Empty properties in Copers Cope ward in the London Borough of Bromley Listed below are 4 properties in Copers Cope Ward that have been empty for some time. The first 3 properties could have been empty for over 3 years. It would be possible for these properties to be leased to a housing association to […]

The above picture is the commonhold scheme in Bristol   Commonhold must replace old-fashioned leasehold system   England and Wales are one of the few countries in the world with a leasehold system that has its origins in feudal time. You can pay thousands for a lease and become a mere tenant when the lease […]

The Grenfell Fire Tragedy and the Campaign to improve Fire Safety   It is now clear that this country is facing a major problem of fire safety standards in residential properties which the Government is failing to tackle effectively. Stage 2 of the Grenfell Inquiry heard recently that the company that made the insulation [...]

Winning elections, leasehold reform, and the Co-op Party   The Co-op party should fully support leasehold reform to expand the number of housing properties that are collectively owned in this country and to reap political support from over 4.5 million leaseholders in England, if Labour is ever to win another general election.   [...]

Complaints to the Housing Ombudsman from leaseholders and shared owners     The Housing Ombudsman has published a report from their handling of almost 2,000 complaints from leaseholders and shared owners over the last two years.( www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/2020/09/07/new-report-focuses-on-leaseholders-and-shared-owners ) [...]