Above-inflation rent increases will push council tenants deeper into poverty while failing to address the housing crisis — and it won’t really raise any money, as council rent arrears are doubling across the country, argues MARTIN WICKS

Labour’s about to shift cost of new housing onto tenants, writes MARTIN WICKS arguing instead for cancelling the councils' HRA debt

MARTIN WICKS argues that the government’s reduced discounts for council house purchases don’t go far enough, and we need to be calling for the complete abolition of this regressive Thatcherite policy

Local councils — some of which now need four times the normal funding — must have their debts waived by central government, argues MARTIN WICKS

Cancellation of councils’ debts would free up desperately needed resources amid this unprecedented pandemic, says MARTIN WICKS

Not only is Labour still fudging the difference between 'social housing' and council housing proper, but its projected spending will not measure up, writes MARTIN WICKS

MARTIN WICKS reflects on Labour’s housing policy in the wake of the party’s conference in Liverpool

Under the radar, the government is sneaking in the possibility of a new programme of 'stock transfers' of council housing to housing associations. That should be resisted at all costs, says MARTIN WICKS

MARTIN WICKS urges Star readers to remind Labour of its primary housing concern

Councils must have government grants to fund the large-scale council housebuilding programme we need, writes MARTIN WICKS

The Party’s housing policy still clings to New Labour’s infatuation with home ownership rather than breaking with it, argues MARTIN WICKS