Housing Pledges

On housing, the Brent Labour Party manifesto promises that:

Housing is one of the biggest issues facing Brent residents. There is a critical shortage of affordable housing and too much private rented housing is too expensive and poor quality.

A Labour Council will: -

· Work to secure more affordable rented housing.
· Ensure that a 50% affordable housing limit is retained in planning guidance, and that a high proportion of new housing consists of larger homes.
· seek funding from different sources for social housing on this basis. This will include Section 106 funding, and money from the Housing and Communities Agency
· Improve Brent’s current Private Sector Tenants’ housing services.
· Lobby the next government to retain the Mortgage Rescue scheme for home owners who get into difficulties
· Rigorously enforce planning policies to protect family housing through the prevention of unnecessary flat conversionsWork to ensure the long term future of Brent Housing Partnership, with tenants involved in its running.