Exclusive - a cross-party group of 20 councils have come together to warn the new Labour Government that their finances are on the edge of a “precipice” and ask for urgent changes to the way their housing accounts work The i paper inews.co.uk/news/councils-…

Council homes transform lives, there's no path to solve the housing crisis without them That's why we've launched our plan to secure the future of council housing 👇 We look forward to working with the new government to deliver it bbc.com/news/articles/…

Great article: "Councils...want the party to reform the Right to Buy, give them extra grant funding and provide Government support to borrow more, and to build their own social housing." Chimes with NEF's call to devolve suspension of RtB to LAs: neweconomics.org/2024/05/reform…

Today Cllr Cllr Kieron Williams spoke to BBC London about our plans to work with other councils & the new government to #SaveCouncilHousing 🏡 Fix our broken financial model 🏘️ Reform right to buy ✂️Cut red tape 🌿 A Green & Decent Homes programme 🏗️Restart stalled projects

20 council landlords, National Housing Federation, @CIHHousing, LGANews, NFA & ARCH have come together to call for an urgent meeting with Angela Rayner. This unprecedented coalition call for urgent action to rebuild capacity in the social housing sector theguardian.com/society/articl…

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP met with some of the country's largest housing providers to discuss how we’ll work together to deliver the biggest growth in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.

Our country’s council housing finances are broken. Urgent action is needed to #SaveCouncilHousing. Today 106 councils, led by Southwark Council, publish 5 solutions to fix the foundations so that we can deliver the next generation of council homes. theguardian.com/society/articl…

We and 100 other local authorities are calling on the government to work with us to #SaveCouncilHousing. Today we publish a new report setting out our 5 solutions. Find out more and read the report orlo.uk/JIUt0

Proud to have worked on this major report, now signed by over 106 councils. Councils will play a critical role in the government's ambition to build 1.5 million homes. Our 5 solutions, published today, set out how they can unlock our capacity to deliver & #SaveCouncilHousing.

Great to pop along to the launch of the “Securing the Future of Council Housing”. Having grown up in a council flat myself, I know how vital council-owned properties can play in providing people and their families with security and safety. Good report, good recommendations. 🏠

Unprecedented coalition of 100+ Councils incl South Cambridgeshire District Council launched report to #SaveCouncilHousing ‼️151,000 children homeless! 🏠Council houses transform lives! We need: ✅New HRA model ✅Reform of Right to Buy ✅Unlock existing funding ✅Green & Decent Homes Programme

Yesterday, senior leaders of Sheffield City Council were in Westminster attending an unprecedented cross-party coalition of over 100 council landlords. Together, the landlords are warning England’s council housing system is broken and that urgent action is needed.

England's council housing system is broken. Earlier this week, over 100 local authorities came together to launch a major report setting out 5 solutions for the government to #SaveCouncilHousing Find out more: southwark.gov.uk/housing/securi…

A packed room for our launch on Tuesday - council leaders from across England, Ministers, cross-party MPs, Lords, journos & housing experts - all pledging to #SaveCouncilHousing. And great praise of the report from Miatta Fahnbulleh, Clive Betts MP, Shelter & Lord Best. See the action 👇

George Clarke Thanks George Clarke for highlighting our plan to secure the future of council housing We launched our final report last week supported by over 100 councils, you can read it here 👇 We'd love to work with you to #SaveCouncilHousing southwark.gov.uk/assets/attach/…

Great to meet Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook MP to discuss our report on the future of council housing with fellow council leaders & social housing experts, to discuss the practical action we can take together Full report here: southwark.gov.uk/SaveCouncilHou…  #SaveCouncilHousing