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🤔 What do Right to Buy and a leaky tap have in common...? It’s time to fix the leak in our housing supply – and that means immediately freezing the outdated policy. Join our Right to BYE campaign and let’s wave goodbye to a leaky, outdated housing legacy that’s stopping us from ending homelessness 👋 https://shltr.org.uk/lfxJN

The new government has promised the biggest increase in social housing in a generation.  From getting councils building to setting minimal targets for social homes, we explain the key changes to the planning system they must make to deliver the homes we need. It’s a walk in the park... We’re demanding bold change because change is needed. The housing emergency won’t end without more social homes. Call on the government to make the key planning changes we’ve set out in the video: https://shltr.org.uk/0fcYA  

Introduced in 1980. Two million social homes have been sold through it. Contributes to the 1.3million households waiting for a social home. Yep, we’re talking about Right to Buy! Let’s dive into what it is and why we’re calling on the government to say BYE to the policy. Right to Buy was introduced under then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and it’s still going today. It’s allowed lots of social housing tenants to buy their homes at discount rates, but it’s come at a cost. The numbers: - Over two MILLION social homes have been sold through Right to Buy - with only 2% of these replaced. - The New Economics Foundation estimates that 41% of social homes (820,000) are now rented privately. This is pushing more people into the insecure and unaffordable private rented sector, paying around two thirds more than social rents. - It can take six social homes to be sold to fund a new one. Councils rightly fear that homes they build will be sold off, so where’s the incentive to build? Yes, government needs to build more social homes. But it also needs to protect the homes we already have. It’s already promised to look at Right to Buy discounts and protections on new social homes – but this needs to go further. The government must immediately freeze Right to Buy for all new and existing social homes and conduct a full review of the policy. Will you join our Right to BYE campaign to help make this happen? https://shltr.org.uk/lfxJN

Get voting on how many homes you think have been sold via #RightToBuy. We'll share the answer tomorrow! ⏰👀

A huge thank you to Societe Generale and SG UK Foundation for making this milestone possible.

Catherine Douglas from The Co-operative Bank plc on working with Shelter to amplify the voices of renters, and their customers, to call for renting reform. And why we’re remaining hopeful that we can make genuine change happen.

🚨📊 NEW REPORT. We’ve set out exactly how the new government can build the 90,000 social homes a year we need to end the housing emergency.  We’ve known ‘what’ and ‘why’ for a while – we need 90,000 new social rent homes every year for 10 years to house every homeless household and clear most social housing waiting lists. But now, our new report, Brick by Brick, sets out the *how*. Written by our brilliant research and policy teams, it sets out a six-point plan on how the government can achieve this and deliver that number per year by the end of the parliamentary term. From funding councils to freezing Right to Buy, converting empty homes to rethinking the state of the land and planning system, we’ve shown it *is* achievable to deliver the homes communities desperately need. We’ll be sharing more over the coming weeks, but for now you can dive into the detail and read the full Brick by Brick report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dGDapKHm 

🌈 We had an amazing time at Black Pride this weekend! Thank you to everyone who came over to chat to us 🌈 Find out more about the impact of the housing emergency on LGBTQ+ people, and the resources we have to support you 👉🏿 https://shltr.org.uk/WfzGB

The threat of homelessness is a terrifying reality for many renters - with a record number being marched out of their home because of a Section 21 no-fault eviction 👇 The latest government figures released yesterday show how from April to June, 2,916 privately renting households were removed from their homes by bailiffs as a result of a Section 21 no-fault eviction – the highest for over six years, and up 31% in a year.* The government has rightly committed to end no-fault evictions, but the #RentersRightsBill must also limit in-tenancy rent hikes to protect renters from losing their homes. *Ministry of Justice figures on repossession and eviction, which cover April to June 2024