Haringey Green council leader slams Burnham’s rent control letdown

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The Green Party’s victory over Labour in Haringey was one of its biggest successes in May’s local elections. And new Green council leader Mark Blake is intent on making a positive impact. But he says Andy Burnham’s national government has already disappointed by failing to devolve the power to introduce rent controls. A big devolution fail already from the ‘devolution prime minister’ Considering Burnham’s whole shtick is devolution, it was a massive disappointment when his new housing secretary Angela Rayner confirmed that the central government would be making the call not to back rent controls. As Blake told the Canary, Rayner’s…

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Manchester tenants organisers launch Resist Rent Rises campaign

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Housing expert lawyers Nick Bano and Kate Bradley told a packed GMTU audience in Manchester that the recent Renters’ Rights Act (RRA) is a great foothold, but not the finish line. They balanced joy in the wake of the monumental Act with cautious pessimism about our collective next steps. Greater Manchester Tenants’ Union was buzzing on a recent evening as campaigners, tenants and housing lawyers packed the GMTU offices for the Manchester area launch of the national Resist Rent Rises campaign. Two of the sharpest minds in housing law β€” Garden Court barrister and Against Landlords author Nick Bano, and Greater…

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